22-3-5. Accessory to crime--Misdemeanor excepted--'Render assistance' defined--Penalty.A person is an accessory to a crime, if, with intent to hinder, delay, or prevent the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for the commission of a felony, that person renders assistance to the other person. There are no accessories to misdemeanors.The term, render assistance, means to:(1)Harbor or conceal the other person;(2)Warn the other person of impending discovery or apprehension, other than a warning given in an effort to bring the other person into compliance with the law;(3)Provide the other person with money, transportation, a weapon, a disguise, or any other thing to be used in avoiding discovery or apprehension;(4)Obstruct anyone by force, intimidation, or deception in the performance of any act which might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of the other person; or(5)Conceal, destroy, or alter any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of the other person.A violation of this section is a Class 5 felony. y, or alter any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of the other person.A violation of this section is a Class 5 felony. A violation of this section is a Class 4 felony if the person is an accessory to the crime of murder in the first degree pursuant to §22-16-4 or murder in the second degree pursuant to §22-16-7. Source: SDC 1939, §13.0203; SL 1976, ch 158, §3-3; SL 2005, ch 120, §374; SL 2024, ch 79, §1.
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