<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-26-5 - Form of verdict acquitting for insanity. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048732Normal { 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.s2048732SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048732CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048732Normal-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.s2048732DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048732000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048732SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048732SCL-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="s2048732Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-26-5"><span class="s2048732SENU">23A-26-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048732SENU">. </span><span class="s2048732CL">Form of verdict acquitting for insanity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048732Normal-000000"><span class="s2048732DefaultParagraphFont">If a defendant is acquitted because he was insane when he committed the offense charged, the verdict shall be "not guilty by reason of insanity."</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048732Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048732000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048732Normal"><span class="s2048732SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048732SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 406, 1939; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 34.3662; SDCL, § 23-45-12; SL 1978, ch 178, § 323; SL 1983, ch 174, § 15.</span></p></div></body></html>