If a defendant is convicted of two or more offenses, regardless of when the offenses were committed or when the judgment or sentence is entered, the judgment or sentence may be that the imprisonment on any of the offenses or convictions may run concurrently or consecutively at the discretion of the court.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-6-6.1
Concurrent or consecutive sentences at discretion of court
Applied in 34 court decisions — leading case State v. Brim (2010)
Most recently applied in State v. Deleon (April 2022)
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.3705; SDCL, § 23-48-22; SL 1978, ch 185, § 17; SL 1983, ch 175; SL 2001, ch 111, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 432.
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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.