15-6-51(b). Instructions.
The court:
(1)Must inform the parties of its proposed instructions and proposed action on the requests before instructing the jury and before final jury arguments;
(2)Must give the parties an opportunity to object on the record and out of the jury's hearing to the proposed instructions and actions on requests before the instructions and arguments are delivered; and
(3)May instruct the jury at any time after trial begins and before the jury is discharged.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1318; SD RCP, Rule 51 (b), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966; SL 1978, ch 178, §566; Supreme Court Rule 98-27; SL 2006, ch 323 (Supreme Court Rule 06-49), eff. July 1, 2006.