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S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-10 Plea of autrefois acquit or convict
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In any plea of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict it shall be sufficient for any defendant to state that he has been lawfully acquitted or convicted, as the case may be, of the offense charged in the indictment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-100 Right to object to charge or request additional charge out of presence of jury
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In all cases tried before a jury, other than cases in a magistrates or municipal court, after the court has delivered to the jury a charge on the law in the case, the court shall temporarily excuse the jury from the presence of counsel and litigants in order to give counsel and l…
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-110 Circuit courts may grant new trials
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All the circuit courts of this State shall have power to grant new trials in cases in which there has been a trial by jury for reasons for which new trials have usually been granted in the courts of law of the United States.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-120 Immediate disposition of certain misdemeanors or felonies; application to clerk
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When any defendant is arrested upon a warrant charging a misdemeanor which is not within the jurisdiction of the magistrates court or, notwithstanding any other provision of law, when any defendant is arrested upon a warrant charging a felony, he may apply to the clerk of court o…