<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 19-19-615 - Excluding witnesses. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045472Normal { 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.s2045472SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045472CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045472Normal-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.s2045472DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045472Normal-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.s2045472000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045472SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045472SCL-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="s2045472Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-19-615"><span class="s2045472SENU">19-19-615</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045472SENU">. </span><span class="s2045472CL">Excluding witnesses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045472Normal-000000"><span class="s2045472DefaultParagraphFont">At a party's request, the court must order witnesses excluded so that they cannot hear other witnesses' testimony. Or the court may do so on its own. But this rule does not authorize excluding:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045472Normal-000001"><span class="s2045472DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    A party who is a natural person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045472Normal-000001"><span class="s2045472DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    An officer or employee of a party that is not a natural person, after being designated as the party's representative by its attorney;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045472Normal-000001"><span class="s2045472DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    A person whose presence a party shows to be essential to presenting the party's claim or defense;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045472Normal-000001"><span class="s2045472DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    A person authorized by statute to be present; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045472Normal-000001"><span class="s2045472DefaultParagraphFont">(e)    A victim of a crime and his parent or guardian following the victim's testimony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045472Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045472000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045472Normal"><span class="s2045472SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045472SCL-000003"> SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 615); SL 1986, ch 193, § 4; SDCL § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-14-29"><span class="s2045472SCL-000003">19-14-29</span></a><span class="s2045472SCL-000003">; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-48), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.</span></p></div></body></html>