<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-6-15 - Erroneous allegation as to victim of offense. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048432Normal { 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.s2048432SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048432CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048432Normal-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.s2048432DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048432000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048432SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048432SCL-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="s2048432Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-6-15"><span class="s2048432SENU">23A-6-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048432SENU">. </span><span class="s2048432CL">Erroneous allegation as to victim of offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048432Normal-000000"><span class="s2048432DefaultParagraphFont">When an offense involves the commission of, or an attempt to commit, a theft or other private injury, and is described with sufficient certainty in other respects to identify the act, an erroneous allegation as to the person injured or intended to be injured, or the ownership of the property taken, is not material.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048432Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048432000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048432Normal"><span class="s2048432SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048432SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 370, 1939; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 34.3013; SDCL, § 23-32-14; SL 1978, ch 178, § 74.</span></p></div></body></html>