S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-16-2

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 23A-16-2 - State jurisdiction of offense commenced outside state and consummated within state

When the commission of a public offense commenced outside this state is consummated within this state, the defendant may be punished in this state, even if he were out of the state at the time of the commission of the offense charged, if he consummated it in this state through the intervention of an innocent or guilty agent or by any other means proceeding directly from himself.

SDCL 23A-16-2

SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.0801; SDCL, § 23-9-10; SL 1978, ch 178, § 208.