{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-22-12a-12","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 22-12A-12","heading":"Attempt to influence jurors, arbitrators, or referees--Felony.","body":"Any person who attempts to influence a juror, or any person summoned or drawn as a juror, or chosen an arbitrator or appointed a referee, in respect to any verdict or decision in any cause or matter pending, or about to be brought before such person:\n(1) By means of any communication, oral or written, had with such person, except in the regular course of proceedings upon the trial of the cause;\n(2) By means of any book, paper, or instrument exhibited otherwise than in the regular course of proceedings upon the trial of the cause; or\n(3) By publishing any statement, argument, or observation relating to the cause;\nis guilty of a Class 6 felony.","path":["TITLE 22. CRIMES","CHAPTER 22-12A. IMPROPRIETIES AND BRIBERY IN PUBLIC OFFICE"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-12A-12","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"306dfc47e70bf04177f09d6724ac8180f3a56e350bfcb646dc248ba1424843e2","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-22-12a-11","next":"us-sd/sdcl-22-12a-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}