<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 19-19-401 - Test for relevant evidence. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045424Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2045424SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045424CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045424Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2045424DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045424Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } span.s2045424000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045424SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045424SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045424Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-19-401"><span class="s2045424SENU">19-19-401</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045424SENU">. </span><span class="s2045424CL">Test for relevant evidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045424Normal-000000"><span class="s2045424DefaultParagraphFont">Evidence is relevant if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045424Normal-000001"><span class="s2045424DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    It has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045424Normal-000001"><span class="s2045424DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    The fact is of consequence in determining the action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045424Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045424000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045424Normal"><span class="s2045424SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045424SCL-000003"> SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 401); SDCL § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-12-1"><span class="s2045424SCL-000003">19-12-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045424SCL-000003">; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24"><span class="s2045424SCL-000003">15-24</span></a><span class="s2045424SCL-000003">), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.</span></p></div></body></html>