23A-22-3. Innocence presumed--Reasonable doubt requires acquittal.A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved, and in case of a reasonable doubt as to whether his guilt is satisfactorily shown, he is entitled to be acquitted. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.3635; SDCL, §23-44-5; SL 1978, ch 178, §281.
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