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SDCL § 22-3-1 Persons capable of committing crimes--Exceptions
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Any person is capable of committing a crime, except those included in the following classes: (1) Any child under the age of ten years; (2) Any child of the age of ten years , but under the age of fourteen years, in the absence of proof that at the time of the committing the act o…
SDCL § 22-3-1.1 Voluntary consumption of alcohol or controlled substance not causing insanity
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No person who is under the influence of voluntarily consumed or injected alcohol or controlled substances at the time of committing the act charged is for that reason insane. Source: SL 1983, ch 174 , § 4; SL 2005, ch 120 , § 371.
SDCL § 22-3-3 Aiding, abetting or advising--Accountability as principal
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Any person who, with the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of a crime, aids, abets, or advises another person in planning or committing the crime, is legally accountable, as a principal to the crime. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.0203; SL 1976, ch 158 , § 3-2 ; SL 2005, ch …
SDCL § 22-3-3.1 Distinction between accessory before the fact and principal abrogated
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The distinction between an accessory before the fact and a principal, and between principals in the first and second degree, in cases of felony, is abrogated. Any person connected with the commission of a felony, whether that person directly commits the act constituting the offen…