If the chair of the Board of Pardons and Parole is satisfied that any provision of § 24-15-20 or 24-15A-27 has been violated or an inmate under parole supervision in the community has escaped, the executive director of the Board of Pardons and Parole may issue a warrant approved by the chair or a designee of the Board of Pardons and Parole to the Department of Corrections, a law enforcement officer, or parole agent directing that the parolee or inmate named be arrested. Pursuant to the provisions of § 24-15-23, the parolee may be returned to the state correctional facility. Upon the issuance of the warrant, the running of the parole supervision time shall be suspended until the board has entered a final order on the revocation. The board shall credit the inmate with time spent in custody as a direct result of the parole violation.
S.D. Codified Laws § 24-15-21
Warrant to arrest parolee or inmate--Suspension of parole supervision time--Time credited
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Lewis v. Class (1997)
Most recently applied in State v. Fuller (November 2024)
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 13.5306, 13.5307; SL 1955, ch 31, §§ 4, 5; SL 1964, ch 33, §§ 7, 8; SDCL §§ 23-60-22, 23-60-23; SL 1978, ch 186, § 31; SL 1986, ch 209; SL 1987, ch 13, § 7;…
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