Delay in taking arrested person before magistrate--Misdemeanor

Any law enforcement officer or other person, who, having arrested a person on a criminal charge, intentionally delays taking that person before a committing magistrate for further proceedings, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1220; SDCL, § 23-22-21; SL 1978, ch 185, § 7; SL 2005, ch 120, § 242.