19 chapters · 405 sections in this title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-19-10 Offense shall be prosecuted upon grand jury indictment; exceptions
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No person shall be held to answer in any court for an alleged crime or offense, unless upon indictment by a grand jury, except in the following cases: (1) when a prosecution by information is expressly authorized by statute; (2) in proceedings before a police court or magistrate;…
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-19-100 Amendments of indictments; proceedings after amendment
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If (a) there be any defect in form in any indictments or (b) on the trial of any case there shall appear to be any variance between the allegations of the indictment and the evidence offered in proof thereof, the court before which the trial shall be had may amend the indictment …
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-19-20 Allegations sufficient for indictment
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Every indictment shall be deemed and judged sufficient and good in law which, in addition to allegations as to time and place, as required by law, charges the crime substantially in the language of the common law or of the statute prohibiting the crime or so plainly that the natu…
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-19-30 Allegations sufficient for indictment for murder
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Every indictment for murder shall be deemed and adjudged sufficient and good in law which, in addition to setting forth the time and place, together with a plain statement, divested of all useless phraseology, of the manner in which the death of the deceased was caused, charges t…