23A-26-3.
General verdict required--Special verdict permitted.
Except as provided in this
section, jurors shall render a general verdict. Special verdicts are hereby abolished, except the
verdicts of "guilty but mentally ill" and "not guilty by reason of insanity."
Source: Supreme Court Rule 405, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.3661; SDCL, § 23-45-9;
SL 1978, ch 178, § 321; SL 1983, ch 174, § 14.