South Dakota

In the case State v. Jackson, 371 N.W.2d 341 (S.D. 1985), the defendant and his wife operated a club and escort service, and they were accused of inducing employees to engage in prostitution. Two women testified that the defendant personally hired them, arranged for them to provide nude dancing for and to have sexual intercourse with male clients in motel rooms, and then transported them to these encounters. Based on their testimony, the defendant was convicted on two counts of inducing another to become or remain a prostitute.

In State v. Webster, 2001 S.D. 141, 637 N.W.2d 392, the defendant was convicted of grand theft by deception and appealed, arguing that the State engaged in unconstitutional gender discrimination during jury selection. Specifically, the prosecution used seven of its ten peremptory strikes to remove female jurors.