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§ 23A-27A-3 Jury to determine existence of mitigating or aggravating circumstances--Instructions to jury.

SD Codified L § 23A-27A-3 (2019) (N/A)
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23A-27A-3. Jury to determine existence of mitigating or aggravating circumstances--Instructions to jury. Upon the conclusion of the evidence, the judge shall give the jury appropriate instructions. After arguments of counsel, the jury shall retire to determine whether any mitigating or aggravating circumstances, as defined in § 23A-27A-1, exist. The instructions as determined by the trial judge to be warranted by the evidence shall be given in his charge and in writing to the jury for its deliberation.

Source: SL 1979, ch 160, § 5; SL 1990, ch 175.

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