<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-20-16 - Trial by court of challenges. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048657Normal { 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.s2048657SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048657CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048657Normal-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.s2048657DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048657000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048657SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048657SCL-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="s2048657Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-20-16"><span class="s2048657SENU">23A-20-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048657SENU">. </span><span class="s2048657CL">Trial by court of challenges.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048657Normal-000000"><span class="s2048657DefaultParagraphFont">All challenges, whether to a panel or to an individual juror, shall be tried by the court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048657Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048657000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048657Normal"><span class="s2048657SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048657SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 394, 1939; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 34.3621; SDCL, § 23-43-37; SL 1978, ch 178, § 247.</span></p></div></body></html>