Effect of concurrent sentences on eligibility for parole

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SD Code › Title 24 › Chapter 15 › Section 24-15-6

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In the determination of an inmate's eligibility for parole, two or more convictions arising from the same transaction, for which the sentences are made to run concurrently, shall be considered as one conviction. Two or more sentences arising from different transactions for which the sentences are made to run concurrently shall be considered as separate convictions.

Source: SDC 1939, § 13.5301 as added by SL 1939, ch 34; SL 1964, ch 33, § 4; SDCL, § 23-60-10; SL 1978, ch 186, § 22.

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