<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-20-22 - Challenges allowed when more than one defendant. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048663Normal { 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.s2048663SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048663CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048663Normal-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.s2048663DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048663000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048663SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048663SCL-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="s2048663Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-20-22"><span class="s2048663SENU">23A-20-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048663SENU">. </span><span class="s2048663CL">Challenges allowed when more than one defendant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048663Normal-000000"><span class="s2048663DefaultParagraphFont">If there is more than one defendant a court may, upon good cause shown, allow the parties additional challenges and permit them to be exercised separately or jointly, as it, in its discretion, believes necessary and proper.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048663Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048663000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048663Normal"><span class="s2048663SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048663SCL-000002"> SL 1978, ch 178, § 253.</span></p></div></body></html>