§ 22-16-1 Homicide defined.

SD Codified L § 22-16-1 (2019) (N/A)
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22-16-1. Homicide defined. Homicide is the killing of one human being, including an unborn child, by another. Homicide is either:

(1) Murder;

(2) Manslaughter;

(3) Excusable homicide;

(4) Justifiable homicide; or

(5) Vehicular homicide.Source: SDC 1939, § 13.2001; SL 1985, ch 176; SL 1995, ch 122, § 10; SL 2005, ch 120, § 150.