{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-23a-27-4.1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 23A-27-4.1","heading":"Relief from judgment--Grounds--Time of motion.","body":"Within a reasonable time but not more than one year after final judgment, a court on motion of a defendant or upon its own motion may relieve a defendant from final judgment if required in the interest of justice. If the original trial was by a court without a jury, the court on motion of a defendant or upon its own motion, may vacate the judgment if entered, order a new trial or take additional testimony and direct the entry of a new judgment.\nA motion under this section does not affect the finality of a judgment or suspend its operation.\nIf an appeal is pending, the court may grant a motion under this section only upon remand of the case.\nSource: SL 1987, ch 410 (Supreme Court Rule 86-36).","path":["TITLE 23A. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 23A-27. SENTENCE AND JUDGMENT"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/23A-27-4.1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"aeba3ae43798bbeef4c015d8391bd9c44291a27eac9596dfcbfb9e2eac69a961","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-23a-27-4","next":"us-sd/sdcl-23a-27-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}