22-16-1 Homicide defined.
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.
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