Citizen's arrest.

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23A-3-3. Citizen's arrest.

Any person may arrest another:

(1)For a public offense, other than a petty offense, committed or attempted in his presence; or

(2)For a felony which has been in fact committed although not in his presence, if he has probable cause to believe the person to be arrested committed it.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.1608; SDCL, §23-22-14; SL 1978, ch 178, §16.


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