SDCL § 23A-27-15: Suspension of sentence as conviction for purposes of habitual offender law.

For the sole purposes of consideration of the sentence of a defendant for subsequent offenses or the determination of whether the defendant is an habitual offender under chapter 22-7, the fact of suspension of imposition of sentence under § 23A-27-13, whether or not discharge and dismissal have occurred, shall be considered a prior conviction.

Source: SDCL, § 23-57-4; SL 1977, ch 197; SL 1978, ch 178, § 345.