{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-23a-25-13","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 23A-25-13","heading":"Guilty but mentally ill verdict--Forms furnished--Instructions.","body":"If a defense of insanity or mental illness has been presented during a trial, the court shall provide the jury with a special verdict form of \"guilty but mentally ill\" for each offense. The court shall instruct the jury that a special verdict of \"guilty but mentally ill\" may be returned instead of a general verdict. The court shall also instruct the jury that the special verdict requires a finding beyond a reasonable doubt by the jury that the defendant committed the offense but that he was mentally ill at the time he committed the offense.\nSource: SL 1983, ch 174, § 13; SL 1988, ch 191.","path":["TITLE 23A. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 23A-25. JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/23A-25-13","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"6dd136de2a85a4382221cff3a8021ea909523a3a87000e9a85e8706cb5367bc1","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-23a-25-12","next":"us-sd/sdcl-23a-26-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}