Robbery, if accomplished by the use of a dangerous weapon, or by the use of a physical object simulating a dangerous weapon, is robbery in the first degree. Robbery, if accomplished in any other manner, is robbery in the second degree.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-30-6
Degrees of robbery
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Phyle v. Leapley (1992)
Most recently applied in State v. Long Soldier (July 2023)
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.2603; SL 2005, ch 120, § 28; SL 2007, ch 146, § 1.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.