Statutes > South Dakota Statutes > Title 22 - CRIMES > Chapter 03 - Parties To Crimes > Section 22-3-5.1 - Accessory punishable though principal not tried or acquitted.

Section 22-3-5.1 - Accessory punishable though principal not tried or acquitted.

22-3-5.1. Accessory punishable though principal not tried or acquitted. An accessory to the commission of a felony may be prosecuted, tried, and punished, even if the principal is not prosecuted or tried, or even if the principal was acquitted.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.0505; SDCL, § 23-10-5; SL 1978, ch 185, § 3; SL 2005, ch 120, § 375.