{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-22-3-5","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 22-3-5","heading":"Accessory to crime--Misdemeanor excepted--\"Render assistance\" defined--Penalty.","body":"A person is an accessory to a crime, if, with intent to hinder, delay, or prevent the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for the commission of a felony, that person renders assistance to the other person. There are no accessories to misdemeanors.\nThe term, render assistance, means to:\n(1) Harbor or conceal the other person;\n(2) Warn the other person of impending discovery or apprehension, other than a warning given in an effort to bring the other person into compliance with the law;\n(3) Provide the other person with money, transportation, a weapon, a disguise, or any other thing to be used in avoiding discovery or apprehension;\n(4) Obstruct anyone by force, intimidation, or deception in the performance of any act which might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of the other person; or\n(5) Conceal, destroy, or alter any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of the other person.\nA violation of this section is a Class 5 felony. A violation of this section is a Class 4 felony if the person is an accessory to the crime of murder in the first degree pursuant to § 22-16-4 or murder in the second degree pursuant to § 22-16-7.","path":["TITLE 22. CRIMES","CHAPTER 22-3. PARTIES TO CRIMES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/22-3-5","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"55cc722cd34d5767e62aeef4f4678cb2cd46fe0a6e567acd4c778603fe7e2da0","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-22-3-4","next":"us-sd/sdcl-22-3-5.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}