Upon completion of the observance of all conditions imposed pursuant to § 23A-27-12.2 or 23A-27-13, the court services officer assigned to the defendant's case or the defendant shall bring the matter to the attention of the court, whereupon the defendant shall be discharged by the court. A formal entry of the discharge shall be entered by the clerk of courts. Discharge and dismissal under this section shall be without court adjudication of guilt and shall not be deemed a conviction for purposes of disqualifications or disabilities imposed by law upon conviction of a crime. Discharge and dismissal under this section may occur only once with respect to any person for a suspended imposition of sentence under § 23A-27-13 and only once with respect to any person for a suspended imposition of sentence under § 23A-27-12.2.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27-14
Discharge and dismissal of probationer on completion of conditions--No judgment entered--Limitation
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case People ex rel. Z.B. (2008)
Most recently applied in Rapid City Journal v. Callahan (June 2022)
Source: SL 1953, ch 202; SL 1957, ch 181; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.3708-2; SL 1961, ch 186; SDCL, § 23-57-4; SL 1972, ch 149; SL 1976, ch 158, § 43-3; SL 1977, ch 197; SL 1978, ch 17…
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.