22-16-1. Homicide defined.Homicide is the killing of one human being, including an unborn child, by another. Homicide is either:(1)Murder;(2)Manslaughter;(3)Excusable homicide;(4)Justifiable homicide; or(5)Vehicular homicide. Source: SDC 1939, §13.2001; SL 1985, ch 176; SL 1995, ch 122, §10; SL 2005, ch 120, §150.
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