23A-38-10. Service of prisoner's sentence tolled for refusal to testify in certain proceedings--Prisoner defined.
If a prisoner is confined for contempt pursuant to ยง23A-38-1, 23A-38-2, or 23A-38-5 for refusal, without just cause, to comply with an order to testify or provide other information in a proceeding before a court or grand jury, the period during which the prisoner remains in contempt may not be deemed service of the prisoner's sentence. The term "prisoner" as used in this section includes any person incarcerated for the purpose of serving a sentence after conviction of a criminal offense.
Source: SL 1988, ch 195.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23A - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 38 - (Rule 42) Contempt
Section 23A-38-3 - Order to witness before grand jury to show cause against contempt.
Section 23A-38-4 - Notice of hearing on contempt by grand jury witness.
Section 23A-38-5 - Order holding grand jury witness in contempt.
Section 23A-38-6 - Counsel for indigent defendants in contempt cases.
Section 23A-38-7 - Bail pending appeal from order of confinement--Expeditious disposition of appeal.
Section 23A-38-8 - Place of confinement of person held in contempt.