South Dakota § 33-10-144 - Admissibility of deposition.
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§ 33-10-144. Admissibility of deposition.
A duly authenticated deposition taken upon reasonable notice to the other parties, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be read in evidence or, in the case of audiotape, videotape, digital image or file, or similar material, may be played in evidence before any military court, if it appears:
(1) That the witness resides or is beyond the state in which the court is ordered to sit, or beyond one hundred miles from the place of trial or hearing;
(2) That the witness by reason of death, age, sickness, bodily infirmity, imprisonment, military necessity, non amenability to process, or other reasonable cause, is unable or refuses to appear and testify in person at the place of trial or hearing; or
(3) That the present whereabouts of the witness is unknown.
Source: SL 2012, ch 175, § 125.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-10-144 ("Admissibility of deposition.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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