<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-4 - ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIME</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0a97c5e8fe974494bcf446a72a3a502bNormal { text-align: center; 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.s0a97c5e8fe974494bcf446a72a3a502bHG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a97c5e8fe974494bcf446a72a3a502bDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a97c5e8fe974494bcf446a72a3a502bHG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 22-4-1 - Attempt--Punishment."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-4-1 - Attempt--Punishment."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-4-1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-4-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2SENU">22-4-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2SENU">. </span><span class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2CL">Attempt--Punishment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2Statute"><span class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2DefaultParagraphFont">Unless specific provision is made by law, any person who attempts to commit a crime and, in the attempt, does any act toward the commission of the crime, but fails or is prevented or intercepted in the perpetration of that crime, is punishable for the attempt at a maximum sentence of one-half of the penalty prescribed for the underlying crime. Unless specific provision is made by law, any person who attempts to commit a Class A, Class B, or Class C felony is guilty of a Class 2 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s730ee855744441aca20e93f5c30c4bc2SCL">SDC 1939, § 13.0401; SL 1972, ch 137; SL 1976, ch 158, § 4-1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 377; SL 2023, ch 67, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 22-4 - ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIME</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046951Normal { 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.s2046951SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046951CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046951Normal-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.s2046951DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046951000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046951SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046951SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046951Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-4-2"><span class="s2046951SENU">22-4-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046951SENU">. </span><span class="s2046951CL">Attempt resulting in commission of other crime.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046951Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046951DefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-4-1"><span class="s2046951DefaultParagraphFont">22-4-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046951DefaultParagraphFont"> do not protect a person who, in attempting unsuccessfully to commit a crime, commits another and different crime, whether greater or less in guilt, from suffering the punishment prescribed by law for the crime committed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046951Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046951000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046951Normal"><span class="s2046951SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046951SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 13.0402; SL 2005, ch 120, § 378.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-4 - ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIME</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5Normal { 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.s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 22-4-3 - Attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 22-4-3 - Attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-4-3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-4-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5SENU">22-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5SENU">. </span><span class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5CL">Attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-4-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5DefaultParagraphFont">22-4-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5DefaultParagraphFont">, attempted first degree murder, as defined by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=22-16-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5DefaultParagraphFont">22-16-4</span></a><span class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5DefaultParagraphFont">, if committed against a law enforcement officer while the officer was engaged in the performance of the officer's duties, is a Class 1 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2876a918f8924ef0a9f99288a28d5ec5SCL">SL 2023, ch 67, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>