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- SDCL § 23A-27A-18 — Repealed by SL 2008, ch 117, § 5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