Felony classes of perjury
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Schenk v. Chavis (2006)
Most recently applied in State v. Peneaux (March 2023)
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1238; SL 1976, ch 158, § 29-2; SL 2005, ch 120, § 34; SL 2007, ch 145, § 1.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Perjury:
(1) If committed in any trial for felony, is a Class 3 felony;
(2) If committed in any other trial, court proceeding, deposition, or administrative proceeding conducted under oath, is a Class 5 felony;
(3) If committed in any other manner proscribed by law, is a Class 6 felony.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.