Each parolee shall at all times be considered confined, in the legal custody of the Department of Corrections, and shall remain under conviction for the crime for which the parolee was convicted and sentenced.
S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-13
Legal custody of parolee--Conviction remains in effect
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case State v. Huftile (1985)
Most recently applied in Bostick v. Weber (January 2005)
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.5306; SL 1964, ch 33, § 7; SDCL, § 23-60-21; SL 1978, ch 186, § 28; SL 1992, ch 177, § 22; SL 2004, ch 168, § 61.
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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.