South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 23A > Chapter 50 – Mental Health Procedures in Criminal Justice


§ 23A-50-1	Definitions
§ 23A-50-5	Fund for assisting counties with cost of court-ordered competency evaluations of defendants
§ 23A-50-6	Appointment of mental health response teams–Confidentiality of records
§ 23A-50-7	Establishment of mental health response team processes
§ 23A-50-9	Rules on team formation and procedures
§ 23A-50-10	Rules regarding procedures for court-appointed defense attorney training
§ 23A-50-11	List of services available through community mental health system

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2