<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 23A-16-11 - Venue of homicide prosecution in county where fatal injury inflicted. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048604Normal { 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.s2048604SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048604CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048604Normal-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.s2048604DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048604000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048604SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048604SCL-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="s2048604Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-16-11"><span class="s2048604SENU">23A-16-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048604SENU">. </span><span class="s2048604CL">Venue of homicide prosecution in county where fatal injury inflicted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048604Normal-000000"><span class="s2048604DefaultParagraphFont">The venue of a prosecution for murder or manslaughter, when the injury which caused the death was inflicted in one county and the person injured dies in another county or out of state, is in the county where the injury was inflicted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048604Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048604000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048604Normal"><span class="s2048604SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048604SCL-000002"> SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 34.0809; SDCL, § 23-9-24; SL 1978, ch 178, § 218.</span></p></div></body></html>