§ 23A-27A-28 Suspension of sentence if defendant pregnant.

SD Codified L § 23A-27A-28 (2019) (N/A)
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23A-27A-28. Suspension of sentence if defendant pregnant. If the examination under § 23A-27A-27 finds that the defendant is pregnant the execution of the sentence shall be suspended by the sentencing court. The defendant may not be executed until a new warrant of death sentence and execution is received from the sentencing court so directing.

Source: SL 1939, ch 135, § 9; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.37A09; SDCL § 23-49-16; SL 1979, ch 160, § 30; SL 2008, ch 117, § 20.