22-16-37. Aiding and abetting suicide--Felony.Any person who intentionally in any manner advises, encourages, abets, or assists another person in taking or in attempting to take his or her own life is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Source: SDC 1939, §§13.1902, 13.1903; SDCL, §22-16-38; SL 1968, ch 31, §1; SL 1976, ch 158, §16-7; SL 2005, ch 120, §167.
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