<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 23A-20-10 - Order of taking challenges for cause.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cNormal { 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.s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cNormal-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.s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cNormal-000001 { text-indent: 0.25in; 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.s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0c000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cSCL-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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 23A-20-10 - Order of taking challenges for cause."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 23A-20-10 - Order of taking challenges for cause."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23A-20-10"><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="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23A-20-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cSENU">23A-20-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cSENU">. </span><span class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cCL">Order of taking challenges for cause.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cNormal-000000"><span class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cDefaultParagraphFont">All challenges for cause to an individual juror must be taken, first by the defendant and then by the state, and each party must exhaust all his challenges for cause before the other begins.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cNormal-000001"><span class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cDefaultParagraphFont">If new jurors are called to the panel to replace jurors dismissed for cause, the procedure in this section shall be followed in exercising challenges for cause to the substituted jurors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cNormal"><span class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cSCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s813210b9f64e4cf6bba65c361b902c0cSCL-000003"> SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, §§ 34.3622, 34.3623; SDCL, §§ 23-43-40, 23-43-42; SL 1978, ch 178, § 243; SL 1999, ch 283.</span></p></div></body></html>