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South Dakota · Through 2026-08-31 · Newer source version available

SDCL § 22-5-1: Conduct forced or under threat of force.

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  1. TITLE 22. CRIMES
  2. CHAPTER 22-5. DEFENSES

No person may be convicted of a crime based upon conduct in which that person engaged because of the use or threatened use of unlawful force upon himself, herself, or another person, which force or threatened use of force a reasonable person in that situation would have been lawfully unable to resist.

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