The warrant of a coroner in such case shall be of equal authority with that of a committing magistrate, and when the person charged is brought before the committing magistrate the same proceedings shall be had as in other cases started by a complaint, and he shall be dealt with in the usual form of criminal cases.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23-14-14
Coroner's warrant equal to magistrate's warrant--Proceedings as on complaint
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.1013; SL 1978, ch 171, § 8.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.