Section 1-15-33 - Responsibility for transporting inmates to hearings. - South Dakota Statutes

1-15-33. Responsibility for transporting inmates to hearings. If an inmate confined in any prison, facility, or program under the control of the Department of Corrections pursuant to § 1-15-1.4, is ordered by the court to be present at a criminal proceeding or a sentence modification hearing pursuant to § 23A-27-19, the prosecuting county shall transport the inmate to the proceeding or hearing. If an inmate is ordered by a court to be present at a hearing under § 26-7A-122, the county where the hearing is held shall transport the inmate to the hearing. However, if the proceeding is for a criminal offense committed while the inmate was in a Department of Corrections institution, the Department of Corrections shall transport the inmate to the proceeding.

Source: SL 1999, ch 110, § 3.