19-19-1008. Functions of the court and jury.

Ordinarily, the court determines whether the proponent has fulfilled the factual conditions for admitting other evidence of the content of a writing, recording, or photograph under § 19-19-1004 or 19-19-1005. But in a jury trial, the jury determines--in accordance with subdivision 19-19-104(b)--any issue about whether:

(a)    An asserted writing, recording, or photograph ever existed;

(b)    Another one produced at the trial or hearing is the original; or

(c)    Other evidence of content accurately reflects the content.

Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 1008); SDCL § 19-18-8; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-72), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.