South Dakota Codified Laws 26-7A-67. “Statement” defined
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The term, “statement,” as used in §§ 26-7A-64 to 26-7A-66, inclusive, in relation to any witness called by the state’s attorney, means:
(1) A written statement made by the witness and signed or otherwise adopted or approved by the witness;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 26-7A-67
- written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
(2) A stenographic, mechanical, electrical, or other recording, or a transcription of a recording, which is a substantially verbatim recital of an oral statement made by the witness and recorded contemporaneously with the making of the oral statement; or
(3) A summary of an oral declaration made by someone other than the witness that has been reduced to writing.
Source: SL 1991, ch 217, § 69J.