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Code · South Dakota · Title 23 · Chapter 23-31

23A-31-1. (Rule 35) Correction or reduction of sentence--Time permitted--Post-conviction remedies unimpaired.

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A court may correct an illegal sentence at any time and may correct a sentence imposed in an illegal manner within the time provided in this section for the reduction of sentence. A court may reduce a sentence:
(1)Within two years after the sentence is imposed;
(2)Within one hundred twenty days after receipt by the court of a remittitur issued upon affirmance of the judgment or dismissal of the appeal; or
(3)Within one hundred twenty days after entry of any order or judgment of the Supreme Court denying review of, or having the effect of upholding, a judgment of conviction;
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