Any law enforcement officer or other person, who, having arrested a person on a criminal charge, intentionally delays taking that person before a committing magistrate for further proceedings, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1220; SDCL, § 23-22-21; SL 1978, ch 185 , § 7; SL 2005, ch 120 , § 242.
Delay in taking arrested person before magistrate--Misdemeanor
SDCL § 22-12-15 — under ABUSE OF JUDICIAL PROCESS.
SDCL § 22-12-15