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S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-20-8

Excuse and replacement of juror disqualified for cause--Challenges for cause on record

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Evans (2021)

Most recently applied in State v. Evans (February 2021)

Source: SL 1978, ch 178, § 242.

At any time that cause for disqualifying a juror appears, the court shall excuse him and call another member of the panel to take his place in the jury box and on the clerk's list of jurors. Challenges for cause may be made out of hearing of the jurors, but shall be made on the record.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.