<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-7-16 - Guilty but mentally ill plea--Prerequisites to acceptance. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2048468Normal { 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.s2048468SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048468CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2048468Normal-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.s2048468DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048468000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048468SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2048468SCL-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="s2048468Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-7-16"><span class="s2048468SENU">23A-7-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048468SENU">. </span><span class="s2048468CL">Guilty but mentally ill plea--Prerequisites to acceptance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048468Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048468DefaultParagraphFont">In addition to the requirements of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-7-4"><span class="s2048468DefaultParagraphFont">23A-7-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048468DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23A-7-5"><span class="s2048468DefaultParagraphFont">23A-7-5</span></a><span class="s2048468DefaultParagraphFont">, if a defendant charged with a felony pleads guilty but mentally ill, the court may not accept the plea until the defendant has been examined by a licensed psychiatrist or a court-approved licensed psychologist and the court has examined the reports. The court shall hold a hearing on the defendant's mental condition and, if there is a factual basis on which the court can conclude that the defendant was mentally ill at the time of the offense, the plea shall be accepted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048468Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048468000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2048468Normal"><span class="s2048468SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2048468SCL-000002"> SL 1983, ch 174, § 6; SL 2016, ch 135, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>