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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 22 - CRIMES
Chapter 5 - DEFENSES
Section 22-5-7 - Morbid propensity to commit crime

S.D. Codified Laws § 22-5-7

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Section 22-5-7 - Morbid propensity to commit crime

A morbid propensity to commit prohibited acts existing in the mind of a person who is not shown to have been incapable of knowing the wrongfulness of such acts forms no defense to a prosecution therefor.

SDCL 22-5-7

SDC 1939, § 13.0505; repealed SL 1976, ch 158, § 5-2; re-enacted SL 1977, ch 189, § 15.