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SDCL § 23A-20-10 — Order of taking challenges for cause

Current through text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)

Part of Chapter 20: (Rule 24) The Trial Jury, South Dakota Codified Laws.

Full text of SDCL § 23A-20-10

Statutory text current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of South Dakota.

SDCL § 23A-20-10Primary source, current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)
All challenges for cause to an individual juror must be taken, first by the defendant and then by the state, and each party must exhaust all his challenges for cause before the other begins. If new jurors are called to the panel to replace jurors dismissed for cause, the procedure in this section shall be followed in exercising challenges for cause to the substituted jurors.

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