South Dakota Codified Laws 19-19-1007. Testimony or statement of a party to prove content
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The proponent may prove the content of a writing, recording, or photograph by the testimony, deposition, or written statement of the party against whom the evidence is offered. The proponent need not account for the original.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 19-19-1007
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- 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
Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 1007); SDCL § 19-18-7; SL 2016, ch 239 (Supreme Court Rule 15-71), eff. Jan. 1, 2016.