SDCL § 21-27-5: Writ awarded unless application shows no right to relief.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 21. JUDICIAL REMEDIES
- CHAPTER 21-27. HABEAS CORPUS
The court or judge to whom the application for a writ of habeas corpus is made, shall forthwith award the writ, unless it shall appear from the application itself or from any document annexed thereto, that the applicant can neither be discharged nor admitted to bail, nor in any other manner relieved.
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