The right of trial by jury shall be preserved inviolate. Any person charged with an offense shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury; to be fully informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to be fully heard in his defense by himself or by his counsel or by both.
Trial by jury; witnesses; defense
S.C. Const. art. I, § 14, under Declaration of Rights.
S.C. Const. art. I, § 14
Trial by jury; witnesses; defense