<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-6-7 - Contents required for sufficiency of indictment or information. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048424Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2048424SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048424CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048424Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2048424DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048424Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2048424000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048424SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048424SCL-000003 { 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="s2048424Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-6-7"><span class="s2048424SENU">23A-6-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048424SENU">. </span><span class="s2048424CL">Contents required for sufficiency of indictment or information.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048424Normal-000000"><span class="s2048424DefaultParagraphFont">An indictment or information is sufficient if it can be understood therefrom:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048424Normal-000001"><span class="s2048424DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    That it is entitled in a court having authority to receive it, although the name of the court is not stated;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048424Normal-000001"><span class="s2048424DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    That the indictment was found by a grand jury of the county in which the public offense was committed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048424Normal-000001"><span class="s2048424DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    That the defendant is named or, if his name is unknown, that he is described by a fictitious name with a statement that his true name is unknown to the grand jury or prosecuting attorney;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048424Normal-000001"><span class="s2048424DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    That the offense charged was committed within the jurisdiction of the county; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048424Normal-000001"><span class="s2048424DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    That the offense charged is designated in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048424Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048424000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048424Normal"><span class="s2048424SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048424SCL-000003"> CCrimP 1877, § 222; CL 1887, § 7249; RCCrimP 1903, § 229; SL 1913, ch 242; RC 1919, § 4725; Supreme Court Rule 367, 1939; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 34.3010; SDCL, § 23-32-12; SL 1978, ch 178, § 67.</span></p></div></body></html>