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SDCL § 23A-25-2: Duty to receive law laid down by court.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 23A. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- CHAPTER 23A-25. JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS
Although jurors have the power to find a general verdict, which includes questions of law as well as of fact, they are bound, nevertheless, to receive as law that which is laid down as such by the court.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.3629; SDCL, § 23-44-21; SL 1978, ch 178, § 308.
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