SDCL § 23A-20-25: Alternating peremptory challenges.

Following examination of the jurors called for examination pursuant to § 23A-20-3, the parties, commencing with the prosecuting attorney, shall alternately exercise their peremptory challenges on the clerk's list. A peremptory challenge may not be waived.

Source: CCrimP 1877, § 342; CL 1887, § 7369; RCCrimP 1903, § 349; RC 1919, § 4867; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.3622; SDCL, § 23-43-41; SL 1978, ch 178, § 256.