If a respondent or a child requests disclosure under § 26-7A-60 and the state’s attorney complies with the request, the respondent or the child, on the written request of the state’s attorney, shall permit the state’s attorney to inspect and copy or photograph books, papers, documents, photographs, tangible objects, or copies or portions of them which are in the possession, custody, or control of the respondent or the child and which the respondent or the child intends to introduce as evidence in chief at the hearing.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 26-7A-68

  • 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.
  • 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 1991, ch 217, § 69K.