<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 22-11-10 - Compounding a felony or misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047032Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047032SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047032CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047032Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047032DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047032Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047032000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047032SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047032SCL-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="s2047032Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-11-10"><span class="s2047032SENU">22-11-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047032SENU">. </span><span class="s2047032CL">Compounding a felony or misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047032Normal-000000"><span class="s2047032DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who accepts, or offers or agrees to accept, any pecuniary benefit as consideration for:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047032Normal-000001"><span class="s2047032DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Refraining from seeking prosecution of an offender; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047032Normal-000001"><span class="s2047032DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Refraining from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any crime or any information relating to a crime;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047032Normal"><span class="s2047032DefaultParagraphFont">is guilty of compounding. Compounding a felony is a Class 6 felony. Compounding a misdemeanor is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047032Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047032000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047032Normal"><span class="s2047032SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047032SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, §§ 13.0304, 13.0305; SDCL, §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-3-6"><span class="s2047032SCL-000003">22-3-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047032SCL-000003">, 22-3-7; SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-5"><span class="s2047032SCL-000003">11-5</span></a><span class="s2047032SCL-000003">; SL 2005, ch 120, § 203.</span></p></div></body></html>