Delay in taking arrested person before magistrate--Misdemeanor.

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22-12-15. Delay in taking arrested person before magistrate--Misdemeanor.

Any law enforcement officer or other person, who, having arrested a person on a criminal charge, intentionally delays taking that person before a committing magistrate for further proceedings, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, §13.1220; SDCL, §23-22-21; SL 1978, ch 185, §7; SL 2005, ch 120, §242.


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