<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 22-6-5.1 - Double sentence for crime by prisoner-Exception. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046973Normal { 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.s2046973SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046973CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046973Normal-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.s2046973DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046973000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046973SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046973SCL-000002 { 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="s2046973Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-6-5.1"><span class="s2046973SENU">22-6-5.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046973SENU">. </span><span class="s2046973CL">Double sentence for crime by prisoner-Exception.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046973Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046973DefaultParagraphFont">A court may sentence any person convicted of a crime committed while that person was a prisoner as defined by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-11A-1"><span class="s2046973DefaultParagraphFont">22-11A-1</span></a><span class="s2046973DefaultParagraphFont">, to a term of not more than twice the maximum term allowed by the statute for the commission of the same crime by a person not so confined. However, the provisions of this section do not apply if, for the same offense, the prisoner is subject to an enhanced penalty as an habitual offender.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046973Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046973000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046973Normal"><span class="s2046973SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046973SCL-000002"> SL 1961, ch 50, § 2; SDCL, § 23-48-42; SL 1978, ch 185, § 18; SL 2005, ch 120, § 429; SL 2006, ch 117, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>