The proponent may use a summary, chart, or calculation to prove the content of voluminous writings, recordings, or photographs that cannot be conveniently examined in court. The proponent must make the originals or duplicates available for examination or copying, or both, by other parties at a reasonable time and place. And the court may order the proponent to produce them in court.

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Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 1006); SDCL § 19-18-6; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-70), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.