{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-22-16-4","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 22-16-4","heading":"Homicide as murder in the first degree.","body":"Homicide is murder in the first degree :\n(1) If perpetrated without authority of law and with a premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed or of any other human being, including an unborn child; or\n(2) If committed by a person engaged in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or explosive.\nHomicide is also murder in the first degree if committed by a person who perpetrated, or who attempted to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery, burglary, kidnapping or unlawful throwing, placing or discharging of a destructive device or explosive and who subsequently effects the death of any victim of such crime to prevent detection or prosecution of the crime.","path":["TITLE 22. CRIMES","CHAPTER 22-16. HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-16-4","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"feb9d4eaa3b5661f8064f974d22da0efc0603f606d99488eed36b28d9f3cb11f","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-22-16-3","next":"us-sd/sdcl-22-16-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}