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Section
16-3-5
Person causing injury which results in death at least three years later not to be prosecuted for homicide.
Section
16-3-10
"Murder" defined.
Section
16-3-20
Punishment for murder; separate sentencing proceeding when death penalty sought.
Section
16-3-21
Jury instruction as to discussion of verdict.
Section
16-3-25
Punishment for murder; review by Supreme Court of imposition of death penalty.
Section
16-3-26
Punishment for murder; notice to defense attorney of solicitor's intention to seek death penalty; appointment of attorneys for indigent; investigative, expert or other services.
Section
16-3-28
Punishment for murder; right of defendant to make last argument.
Section
16-3-29
Attempted murder.
Section
16-3-50
Manslaughter.
Section
16-3-60
Involuntary manslaughter; "criminal negligence" defined.
Section
16-3-70
Administering or attempting to administer poison.
Section
16-3-75
Tampering with human drug product or food item; penalty.
Section
16-3-85
Homicide by child abuse; definitions; penalty; sentencing.
Section
16-3-95
Infliction or allowing infliction of great bodily injury upon a child; penalty; definition; corporal punishment and traffic accident exceptions.
Section
16-3-210
Assault and battery by mob; investigation and apprehension; civil liability.
Section
16-3-410
Sending or accepting challenge to fight.
Section
16-3-420
Carrying or delivering challenge; serving as second.
Section
16-3-440
Principal or second compelled to give testimony.
Section
16-3-450
Persons concerned in duel as witnesses.
Section
16-3-460
Pleading in bar by State's witness to subsequent indictment.
Section
16-3-510
Hazing unlawful; definitions.
Section
16-3-520
Unlawful to assist in or fail to report hazing.
Section
16-3-530
Penalties.
Section
16-3-540
Consent not a defense.
Section
16-3-600
Assault and battery; definitions; degrees of offenses.
Section
16-3-610
Certain offenses committed with a carried or concealed deadly weapon.
Section
16-3-615
Spousal sexual battery.
Section
16-3-625
Resisting arrest with deadly weapon; sentencing; "deadly weapon" defined; application of section.
Section
16-3-651
Criminal sexual conduct; definitions.
Section
16-3-652
Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree.
Section
16-3-653
Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree.
Section
16-3-654
Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree.
Section
16-3-655
Criminal sexual conduct with a minor; aggravating and mitigating circumstances; penalties; repeat offenders.
Section
16-3-656
Criminal sexual conduct; assaults with intent to commit.
Section
16-3-657
Criminal sexual conduct; testimony of victim need not be corroborated.
Section
16-3-658
Criminal sexual conduct; when victim is spouse.
Section
16-3-659
Criminal sexual conduct; males under fourteen not presumed incapable of committing crime of rape.
Section
16-3-659.1
Criminal sexual conduct; admissibility of evidence concerning victim's sexual conduct.
Section
16-3-660
Deposition testimony of rape victim or victim of assault with intent to ravish.
Section
16-3-670
Procedure for taking deposition.
Section
16-3-680
Sheriff shall secure attendance of accused; absence of counsel.
Section
16-3-690
Custody of deposition.
Section
16-3-700
Reading deposition to jury.
Section
16-3-710
Depositions in rebuttal.
Section
16-3-720
Destruction of deposition.
Section
16-3-730
Publishing name of victim of criminal sexual conduct unlawful.
Section
16-3-740
Testing of certain convicted offenders for Hepatitis B and HIV.
Section
16-3-750
Request that victim submit to polygraph examination.
Section
16-3-755
Sexual battery with a student.
Section
16-3-800
Definitions.
Section
16-3-810
Engaging child for sexual performance; penalty.
Section
16-3-820
Producing, directing or promoting sexual performance by child; penalty.
Section
16-3-830
Reasonable belief as to majority of child as affirmative defense.
Section
16-3-840
Methods of judicial determination of age of child.
Section
16-3-850
Film processor or computer technician to report film or computer images containing sexually explicit pictures of minors.
Section
16-3-910
Kidnapping.
Section
16-3-920
Conspiracy to kidnap.
Section
16-3-1010
Failing to remove doors from abandoned airtight containers.
Section
16-3-1020
Maintaining open and unprotected abandoned wells.
Section
16-3-1040
Threatening life, person or family of public official or public employee; punishment.
Section
16-3-1045
Use or employment of person under eighteen to commit certain crimes.
Section
16-3-1050
Failure to report, perpetrating or interfering with an investigation of abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult; penalties.
Section
16-3-1060
Receipt of compensation for relinquishing custody of child for adoption; penalty.
Section
16-3-1072
Reporting medical treatment for gunshot wound; immunity; physician-patient privilege abrogated; penalties.
Section
16-3-1075
Felony of carjacking; penalties.
Section
16-3-1080
Committing or attempting to commit a violent crime while wearing body armor a felony.
Section
16-3-1083
Death or injury of child in utero due to commission of violent crime.
Section
16-3-1085
Violent offender prohibited from purchasing, owning, or using body armor; exceptions.
Section
16-3-1090
Assisted suicide; penalties; injunctive relief.
Section
16-3-1095
Creation of Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants; solicitation and administration of grants and awards.
Section
16-3-1110
Definitions.
Section
16-3-1120
Director of Crime Victim Services Division; powers and duties.
Section
16-3-1130
Claims; assignment to field representative; investigation and reports.
Section
16-3-1140
Application for review of decision; appeals; subpoenas; report on review.
Section
16-3-1150
Emergency awards.
Section
16-3-1160
South Carolina Crime Victim Advisory Board; appointments; terms of office; vacancies in office; meetings; subsistence, mileage, and per diem.
Section
16-3-1170
Basis for award.
Section
16-3-1180
Amount of award; apportionment among multiple claimants; rejection of application for award.
Section
16-3-1190
Reduction of award.
Section
16-3-1200
Conduct of victim or intervenor contributing to infliction of injury; reduction of award; rejection of claim.
Section
16-3-1210
Persons eligible for award.
Section
16-3-1220
Persons ineligible for award.
Section
16-3-1230
Claim filed on behalf of minor or incompetent; time limitations.
Section
16-3-1240
Disclosure of records as to claims; confidentiality; applicability of Freedom of Information Act.
Section
16-3-1250
Subrogation of State to right of action accruing to claimant, victim, or intervenor.
Section
16-3-1260
Reimbursement of State by convicted person for payment by Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division.
Section
16-3-1270
Restitution by offender; lien against offender; filing of lien.
Section
16-3-1280
False claim; penalties.
Section
16-3-1290
Victim Compensation Fund; payment of claims, expenses and administrative costs.
Section
16-3-1300
Payment of award; exemption from garnishment, execution, or attachment.
Section
16-3-1310
Payment of award to victim or intervenor confined in correctional facility.
Section
16-3-1320
Payment of award as not constituting ordinary income for tax purposes.
Section
16-3-1330
Insufficient funds for payment of claims.
Section
16-3-1340
Attorney for claimant; fees; attorney for Department of Crime Victim Compensation; soliciting employment to pursue claim or award; penalties.
Section
16-3-1350
Medicolegal examinations for victims of criminal sexual conduct or child sexual abuse.
Section
16-3-1360
Debt collection activities prohibited until award is made or denied; suspension of statute of limitations; definition.
Section
16-3-1400
Omitted.
Section
16-3-1410
Department of Crime Victim Services Training, Provider Certification, and Statistical Analysis; public crime victim assistance programs.
Section
16-3-1420
Definitions.
Section
16-3-1430
Victim assistance services; membership of Victim Services Coordinating Council.
Section
16-3-1505
Legislative intent.
Section
16-3-1510
Definitions.
Section
16-3-1515
Victim or witness to supply certain information; requirements for restitution; victims wishing to be present in court to notify prosecuting agency or summary court judge; victim impact statement.
Section
16-3-1520
Victim entitled to copy of initial incident report; assistance in applying for victim's compensation benefits; information on progress of case.
Section
16-3-1525
Arrest or detention of person accused of committing offense; notification to victims; protection of witnesses; notification of bond proceedings; juvenile detention hearings.
Section
16-3-1530
Notification of victim of release, escape or transfer of accused.
Section
16-3-1535
Summary court's duty to notify victim of victim's rights; form for victim impact statement.
Section
16-3-1540
Department of Juvenile Justice to confer with victims before taking certain actions.
Section
16-3-1545
Juvenile cases; notification to victims of right to submit victim impact statement for disposition proceeding; form of statement; other required information for victims.
Section
16-3-1550
Restriction on employers of victims and witnesses; protection of rights of victims and witnesses.
Section
16-3-1555
Expert witness fees; distribution, maintenance and use of victim's impact statements.
Section
16-3-1560
Notification to victim of post-conviction proceedings affecting probation, parole, or release, and of victim's right to attend.
Section
16-3-1565
No cause of action against public employees or agencies.
Section
16-3-1610
Definitions.
Section
16-3-1620
Department of Crime Victim Ombudsman.
Section
16-3-1630
Ombudsman; responsibilities; authority; annual report.
Section
16-3-1640
Confidentiality of information and files.
Section
16-3-1650
Cooperation with the criminal and juvenile justice systems and victim assistance programs.
Section
16-3-1660
Grounds for dismissal.
Section
16-3-1670
Purpose.
Section
16-3-1680
Recommendation of regulations.
Section
16-3-1690
Submission of complaints; appeals.
Section
16-3-1700
Definitions.
Section
16-3-1705
Electronic mail service provider; immunity; definition.
Section
16-3-1710
Penalties for conviction of harassment in the second degree.
Section
16-3-1720
Penalties for conviction of harassment in the first degree.
Section
16-3-1730
Penalties for conviction of stalking.
Section
16-3-1735
Law enforcement officer empowered to sign warrant in place of victim.
Section
16-3-1740
Mental health evaluations of persons convicted of stalking or harassment; notice to victim in person of unsupervised release.
Section
16-3-1750
Action seeking a restraining order against a person engaged in harassment or stalking; jurisdiction and venue; forms; enforceability.
Section
16-3-1760
When temporary restraining orders may be granted without notice; notice and hearing on motion seeking restraining order.
Section
16-3-1770
Form and content of temporary restraining order.
Section
16-3-1780
Expiration of temporary restraining orders and restraining orders; extensions and modifications.
Section
16-3-1790
Service of certified copies of restraining orders.
Section
16-3-1800
Arrest upon violation of restraining order.
Section
16-3-1810
Law enforcement officer's responsibilities when responding to a harassment or stalking incident.
Section
16-3-1820
Immunity from liability for filing a report or complaint or participating in a judicial proceeding concerning alleged harassment or stalking; rebuttable presumption of good faith.
Section
16-3-1830
Availability of other civil and criminal remedies.
Section
16-3-1840
Mental health evaluation prior to setting bail; purpose; report.
Section
16-3-1900
Definitions.
Section
16-3-1910
Permanent restraining orders; procedure.
Section
16-3-1920
Emergency restraining orders; procedure.
Section
16-3-2010
Definitions.
Section
16-3-2020
Trafficking in persons; penalties; minor victims; defenses.
Section
16-3-2030
Criminal liability of principal owners of business; loss of profits and government contracts; penalties.
Section
16-3-2040
Restitution for victims of trafficking.
Section
16-3-2050
Interagency task force established to develop and implement State Plan for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons; members; responsibilities; grants.
Section
16-3-2060
Civil action for victim of trafficking; statute of limitations.
Section
16-3-2070
Compensation for victims of trafficking; identity of victim and victim's family confidential.
Section
16-3-2080
Unlawful disclosure; trespassing notice; unlawful entrance or presence on grounds of domestic violence or trafficking shelter; exceptions; penalties.
Section
16-3-2090
Forfeiture.
Section
16-3-2100
Posting of information regarding National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline in certain establishments; fines.
Section
16-3-2210
Definitions.
Section
16-3-2220
Female mutilation; penalty.
Section
16-3-2230
Defenses not applicable to violations of this article; procedures excepted from this article; revocation of professional license or certification.
Section
16-3-2240
Charges, conviction, or punishment for other violations of law arising out of same occurrence.