Chapter
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-1— Mitigating and aggravating circumstances considered by judge or jury
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-2— Presentence hearing required--Relevant evidence
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-3— Jury to determine existence of mitigating or aggravating circumstances--Instructions to jury
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-4— Aggravating circumstance and recommendation of death penalty required for Class A felony death sentencing--Life imprisonment--Bench trial or guilty plea
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-5— Written designation of aggravating circumstances required
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-6— Designation by judge in nonjury cases--At least one aggravating circumstance required for death penalty imposition
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-7— Sentence of death--Copies of judgment provided to officials
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-8— Accumulation of prior capital felony records by Supreme Court--Staff and methods
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-9— Review by Supreme Court required when death penalty imposed--Procedure
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-10— Sentence review consolidated with direct appeal--Decision
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-11— Procedure on appeal from capital punishment case--Briefs--Oral argument
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-12— Factors reviewed by Supreme Court regarding sentence
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-13— Reference to similar cases to be included in decision--Death sentence affirmed or set aside--Similar-case records provided to resentencing judge
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-14— Life imprisonment when death penalty held unconstitutional
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-15— Warrant of death sentence and execution--Time of execution
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-16— Delivery of defendant with warrant to state correctional facility
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-17— Date and time of execution--Secretary of corrections to make public announcement
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-18— 23A-27A-18. Repealed by SL 2008, ch 117, § 5
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-19— Investigation by Governor
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-20— Reprieve or suspension of sentence by Governor during investigation
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-21— Power to reprieve or suspend sentence limited to Governor--Exception
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-22.1— Hearings and examinations regarding mental competence of defendant--Change in circumstances
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-22.2— Psychiatric examination
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-22.3— Psychiatric report
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-22.4— Video tape record of psychiatric examination
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-22.5— Counsel for defendant--Rights afforded at hearing
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-23— 23A-27A-23. Repealed by SL 2008, ch 117, § 17
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-24— Defendant incompetent to be executed--Suspension of sentence--Confinement--Periodic review
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-25— 23A-27A-25. Repealed by SL 2008, ch 117, § 18
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-26— Defendant mentally competent to be executed--Warrant of death sentence and execution--Time of execution
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-26.1— Death penalty not to be imposed on intellectually disabled person
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-26.2— Intellectual disability defined
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-26.3— Procedures for determining intellectual disability of defendant
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-26.4— Appeal by state
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-26.5— Examination of defendant by expert designated by state--Videotaped recording--Defendant's statements inadmissible except as to issue of intellectual disability
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-26.6— Applicability of §§ 23A-27A-26.1 to 23A-27A-26.7, inclusive
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-26.7— Inseparability of §§ 23A-27A-26.1 to 23A-27A-26.7, inclusive
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-27— Pregnancy of defendant--Examination--Report
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-28— Suspension of sentence if defendant pregnant
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-29— Defendant no longer pregnant--Execution warrant issued
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-30— 23A-27A-30. Repealed by SL 2008, ch 117, § 22
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-31— Warrant appointing new time for execution issued by sentencing court if defendant not executed within original time period
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-31.1— Repealed
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-31.2— Confidentiality of identity of person or entity supplying or administering intravenous injection substance--Violation as misdemeanor
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-32— Place and manner of execution--Qualifications to administer intravenous injection--Substances dispensed to secretary of corrections or designee without prescription
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-32.1— Execution of persons convicted before July 1, 2007--Choice of manner of execution
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-33— Place for persons and equipment provided at correctional facility
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-34— Attendance at execution by attorney general, sentencing judge, state's attorney, sheriff, representatives of victim, news media, and additional citizens approved by secretary of corrections
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-34.1— Attendance at execution by person trained to pronounce death, corrections staff, and law enforcement officers
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-34.2— Witnesses permitted to defendant at execution
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-35— 23A-27A-35. Repealed by SL 2008, ch 117, § 28
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-36— Other persons not permitted to attend
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-37— Secrecy of execution time--Disclosure as misdemeanor
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-37.1— Repealed
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-37.2— Postmortem examination by county coroner
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-37.3— Autopsy
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-38— 23A-27A-38. Repealed by SL 2007, ch 152, § 2
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-39— Interment of body unless claimed by relative
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-40— 23A-27A-40. Repealed by SL 2008, ch 117, § 38
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-40.1— Certificate of execution
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-41— 23A-27A-41. Repealed by SL 2008, ch 117, § 33
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-42— Death penalty prohibited for defendant younger than eighteen when offense committed
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-43— Immunity of persons participating and cooperating in execution
- S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-44— Effect of amendment and repeal of sections