22-3-5.1. Accessory punishable though principal not tried or acquitted.
An accessory to the commission of a felony may be prosecuted, tried, and punished, even if the principal is not prosecuted or tried, or even if the principal was acquitted.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.0505; SDCL, §23-10-5; SL 1978, ch 185, §3; SL 2005, ch 120, §375.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 03 - Parties To Crimes
Section 22-3-1 - Persons capable of committing crimes--Exceptions.
Section 22-3-1.1 - Voluntary consumption of alcohol or controlled substance not causing insanity.
Section 22-3-3 - Aiding, abetting or advising--Accountability as principal.
Section 22-3-3.1 - Distinction between accessory before the fact and principal abrogated.
Section 22-3-5 - Accessories to crime--Misdemeanors excepted.
Section 22-3-5.1 - Accessory punishable though principal not tried or acquitted.
Section 22-3-8 - Conspiracy to commit offense--Punishment.
Section 22-3-9 - Liability to punishment for act outside state aiding injury within state.