South Dakota Supreme Court

The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the rape conviction of a Watertown man who tried to use the defense of advance consent.

First Bank of Florida has argued that South Dakota courts don’t have jurisdiction to uphold the bank’s guarantee of funding in a beef deal.

The bill was rejected last year. The state’s top judge says he wants to avoid similar legislation this year. But the lawmaker plans to bring it again.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has agreed with a prison inmate that his trial judge erred by not allowing one of his witnesses to testify.

The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a Rapid City police officer used excessive force against a "non-resisting" teen girl.

The South Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday, April 28, on the constitutionality of Amendment A. In the 2020 election, almost 55 percent of…

Custer County allows open-carry firearms in its courthouse. Because of that ordinance, judges of the Seventh Circuit will now conduct Custer County…

In The Moment … January 14th, 2021 Show 972 Hour 2Steven Jensen is the new Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court. Yesterday he addressed a joint…

In The Moment ... January 16, 2020 Show 735 Hour 2South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson delivered his 19th and final State of the…

In this week’s South Dakota news, a civil trial at the Aberdeen federal courthouse challenges the implementation of HB 1094, and reports from counties in…