No adjudication, disposition, or evidence given in any proceedings under this chapter or chapter 26-8A, 26-8B, or 26-8C is admissible against a child in any criminal, civil, or other proceeding, except in subsequent proceedings under this chapter and related chapter 26-8C regarding the delinquency of the same child and in subsequent criminal proceedings concerning the same child for sentencing purposes.
S.D. Codified Laws § 26-7A-106
Proceedings not admissible in criminal or civil action against child
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Jones (1994)
Most recently applied in State v. Golliher-Weyer (February 2016)
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 43.0301, 43.0327; SL 1968, ch 164, § 16; SL 1978, ch 192, § 1; SL 1991, ch 217, § 102B; SDCL, § 26-8-57.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.