<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-16-2 - State jurisdiction of offense commenced outside state and consummated within state. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048595Normal { 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.s2048595SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048595CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048595Normal-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.s2048595DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048595000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048595SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048595SCL-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="s2048595Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-16-2"><span class="s2048595SENU">23A-16-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048595SENU">. </span><span class="s2048595CL">State jurisdiction of offense commenced outside state and consummated within state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048595Normal-000000"><span class="s2048595DefaultParagraphFont">When the commission of a public offense commenced outside this state is consummated within this state, the defendant may be punished in this state, even if he were out of the state at the time of the commission of the offense charged, if he consummated it in this state through the intervention of an innocent or guilty agent or by any other means proceeding directly from himself.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048595Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048595000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048595Normal"><span class="s2048595SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048595SCL-000002"> SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 34.0801; SDCL, § 23-9-10; SL 1978, ch 178, § 208.</span></p></div></body></html>