{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-22-23-1.2","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 22-23-1.2","heading":"Affirmative defense of compulsion.","body":"It is an affirmative defense to a charge of prostitution under § 22-23-1 if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is a victim of human trafficking under chapter 22-49 or that the defendant committed the act only under compulsion by another person who, by implicit or explicit threat, created a reasonable apprehension in the mind of the defendant that if the defendant did not commit the act, the person would inflict bodily harm upon the defendant.","path":["TITLE 22. CRIMES","CHAPTER 22-23. PROSTITUTION"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-23-1.2","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"8c5ea0d6094b483e9627504d77bfdb6bdf940495a319a71038ad4dd9eb81e72a","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-22-23-1.1","next":"us-sd/sdcl-22-23-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}