<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-44-3 - Dismissal of charges for unnecessary delay in prosecution. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2049217Normal { 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.s2049217SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049217CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2049217Normal-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.s2049217DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049217000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049217SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2049217SCL-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="s2049217Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-44-3"><span class="s2049217SENU">23A-44-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049217SENU">. </span><span class="s2049217CL">Dismissal of charges for unnecessary delay in prosecution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049217Normal-000000"><span class="s2049217DefaultParagraphFont">If there is unnecessary delay in presenting a charge to a grand jury or in filing an information against a defendant who has been held to answer to a circuit court, or if there is unnecessary delay in bringing a defendant to trial, a court may dismiss his indictment, information or complaint.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049217Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049217000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2049217Normal"><span class="s2049217SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2049217SCL-000002"> SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, §§ 34.2201, 34.2202; SDCL, §§ 23-34-1, 23-34-2; SL 1978, ch 178, § 536.</span></p></div></body></html>