Sentence to jail in lieu of penitentiary in minor felonies

If a person is convicted of a Class 5 or Class 6 felony, the court may sentence the person so convicted to imprisonment in the county jail of the county where such person was convicted, for a term of not more than one year. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.0604; SL 1963, ch 55 ; SDCL, § 23-48-20; SL 1978, ch 185 , § 16; SL 1989, ch 192 , § 1.