South Dakota Codified Laws 26-7A-69. State’s attorney’s right to inspect, copy, or photograph physical or mental examination results and reports of scientific tests or experiments
If a respondent or a child requests disclosure under § 26-7A-61 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 any results or reports of physical or mental examinations and of scientific tests or experiments made in connection with the particular case, or copies of them, which are in the possession 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 or which were prepared by a witness whom the respondent or the child intends to call at the hearing when the results or reports relate to testimony of the witness.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 26-7A-69
- 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 1991, ch 217, § 69L.