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SC Code § 17-22-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-500. Citation of article.

 This article may be cited as the "Alcohol Education Program Act".  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 35, Section 2, eff June 6, 2007.
SC Code § 17-22-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-510. Prosecutorial discretion of Circuit Solicitor to establish alcohol education program; administration.

 (A) Each circuit solicitor has the prosecutorial discretion as defined in this chapter and shall as a matter of prosecutorial discretion establish an alcohol education program in the respective circuits for persons who commit certain alcohol-related offenses.  (B) The circuit solicitors are specifically endowed with and retain all discretionary powers pursuant to the common law.  (C) An alcohol education program must be under the direct supervision and control of the circuit solicitor; however, the solicitor may contract for education and supervision services.  (D) The South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination shall oversee administrative procedures for the alcohol education programs. The commission shall consult with the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services before the approval of these administrative procedures.  (E) An alcohol education program must include an educational and community service component.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 35, Section 2, eff June 6, 2007.
SC Code § 17-22-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-520. Eligibility requirements for consideration for program.

 (A) A person may be considered for an alcohol education program if he:  (1) is at least seventeen years of age but less than twenty-one years of age at the time of arrest;  (2) has no prior alcohol-related offenses; and  (3) has no significant history of prior delinquency or criminal activity on his record.  (B) A person may not participate in an alcohol education program more than once.  (C) A person may be considered for an alcohol education program if he is charged with a violation of the following offenses:  (1) purchase or possession of beer or wine by a person under the age of twenty-one pursuant to Section 63-19-2440;  (2) purchase or possession of alcoholic liquors by a person under the age of twenty-one pursuant to Section 63-19-2450;  (3) open container in a motor vehicle pursuant to Section 61-4-110;  (4) public disorderly conduct pursuant to Section 16-17-530;  (5) littering pursuant to Section 16-11-700;  (6) providing false information concerning age to purchase beer or wine pursuant to Section 61-4-60;  (7) unlawful purchase of beer or wine for a person who cannot legally buy for consumption on the premises pursuant to Section 61-4-80;  (8) transfer of beer or wine for underage person's consumption pursuant to Section 61-4-90;  (9) transfer of alcoholic liquors for underage person's consumption pursuant to Section 61-6-4070;  (10) possession of an altered driver's license or other false documentation pursuant to Section 56-1-515; and  (11) another offense similar in nature and severity to the above-described offenses, as determined by the circuit solicitor. However, the provisions of this item may not be construed to include an offense enumerated in Section 56-5-2930 or Section 56-5-2933.  (D) A person's participation in an alcohol education program does not prevent his participation in a pretrial intervention program pursuant to the provisions and conditions of Article 1.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 35, Section 2, eff June 6, 2007.
SC Code § 17-22-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-530. Disposition of alcohol-related offense on completion of program.

 (A) When a person successfully completes an alcohol education program, the circuit solicitor shall effect a noncriminal disposition, as defined in this chapter, of the alcohol-related offense, and there must be no record maintained of the alcohol-related offense except by the Commission on Prosecution Coordination in order to ensure that a person does not benefit from the provisions of this article more than once.  (B) If applicable, the person may apply to the court for an order to destroy all official records relating to his arrest.  (C) If a person violates the conditions of an alcohol education program, the person may be terminated from the program and the alcohol-related offense reinstated by the circuit solicitor in the appropriate municipality or county.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 35, Section 2, eff June 6, 2007.
SC Code § 17-22-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-540. Office of Alcohol Education Program Coordinator.

 Each circuit solicitor may establish an Office of Alcohol Education Program Coordinator whose responsibility is to assist in the establishment and maintenance of the alcohol education program.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 35, Section 2, eff June 6, 2007.
SC Code § 17-22-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-550. Fees; waiver.

 A person shall pay a two-hundred-fifty-dollar fee to enroll in an alcohol education program. All fees must be deposited into a special circuit solicitor's fund for operation of the alcohol education program. In cases when the solicitor contracts with education and supervision providers, the person also may be subject to additional fees payable to the provider of these services. However, participation in an alcohol education program may not be denied due to a person's inability to pay these fees. If a person is deemed unable to pay, the fees for enrollment, education, and supervision services may be waived or reduced at the discretion of each solicitor.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 35, Section 2, eff June 6, 2007.
SC Code § 17-22-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-560. Records.

 Each circuit solicitor shall submit to the Commission on Prosecution Coordination necessary identifying information on each enrollee for the creation and maintenance of a list of enrollees in alcohol education programs. This list is to be used by the commission for the sole purpose of complying with Section 17-22-520(A) and (B). The information maintained by the commission may be released only to a circuit solicitor for the purpose of determining eligibility for an alcohol education program.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 35, Section 2, eff June 6, 2007.
SC Code § 17-22-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-710. Establishing unit; fee schedule; administrative costs; disbursement of funds collected.

 (A) A circuit solicitor may establish, under his direction and control and with the agreement of the county governing body, a Worthless Check Unit for the purpose of processing worthless checks and to assist the victims of these cases in the collection of restitution. The fee schedule is:  (1) fifty dollars for checks up to five hundred dollars;  (2) one hundred dollars for checks five hundred one dollars to one thousand dollars; and  (3) one hundred fifty dollars for checks one thousand one dollars or greater.  (B) An amount equal to the allowable administrative costs contained in Section 34-11-70(c) must be added to the fee. All fees collected by the Worthless Check Unit in accordance with the fee schedule promulgated pursuant to this section must be deposited into a fund known as the Worthless Check Fund maintained by the county treasurers of the counties comprising the circuit, other than court costs and an amount equal to the allowable administrative costs contained in Section 34-11-70(c) which must be remitted to the treasurer for deposit in the county general fund. All funds collected and deposited into this fund must be applied first to defray the costs of operating the Worthless Check Unit with the balance to be used by the solicitor to pay the normal operating expenses of his office. Withdrawals from this account may be made only at the request of the solicitor. The funds generated pursuant to this section may not be used to reduce the amount budgeted by the county to the solicitor's office. The solicitor shall maintain an account for the purpose of collecting and disbursing restitution funds collected for the benefit of victims' worthless checks. The Worthless Check Unit shall disburse to the victim all restitution collected as a result of the original complaint filed. If the victim cannot be located after a reasonable time and diligent efforts the restitution due the victim must be transferred to the general fund of the county.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 11B, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 17-22-920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-920. Direction of expungement process inquiries to county solicitor's office.

 The clerk of court shall direct all inquiries concerning the expungement process to the corresponding solicitor's office to make application for expungement.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 36, Section 2, eff June 2, 2009.
SC Code § 17-22-930 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-930. Obtaining and mandatory use of expungement form.

 A person applying to expunge a criminal record shall obtain the appropriate blank expungement order form from the solicitor's office in the judicial circuit where the charge originated. The use of this form is mandatory and to the exclusion of all other expungement forms.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 36, Section 2, eff June 2, 2009.
SC Code § 17-22-960 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-960. Expungement; employer immunity.

 Any employer that employs a worker who has had an expungement shall not, at any time, be subject to any administrative or legal claim or cause of action related to the worker's expunged offense. Except for criminal justice agencies, employers shall not use expunged information adversely against an employee. No information related to an expungement shall be used or introduced as evidence in any administrative or legal proceeding involving negligent hiring, negligent retention, or similar claims.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 254 (H.3209), Section 7, eff December 27, 2018.
SC Code § 17-22-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-1010. Completion of South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy and the South Carolina Jobs Challenge Program; expungement; records.

 (A) A person who is eligible for expungement of his criminal record pursuant to the provisions of Sections 22-5-910, 22-5-920, 34-11-90(e), and 56-5-750(F) may apply to have his record expunged pursuant to the procedures provided in Article 9 if he graduates and successfully completes the South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy and the South Carolina Jobs Challenge Program administered by the South Carolina Army National Guard. Notwithstanding another provision of law, such person may apply for expungement immediately upon graduation and successful completion of the South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy and the South Carolina Jobs Challenge Program.  (B) If the person has had no other conviction during the approximately one-year period as provided in subsection (A), the circuit court may issue an order expunging the records including any associated bench warrant. No person may have his records expunged under this section more than once.  (C) If the expungement order is granted by the court, the records must be destroyed or retained by any law enforcement agency or municipal, county, or state agency or department pursuant to the provisions of Section 17-1-40.  (D) The effect of the expungement order is to restore the person, in the contemplation of the law, to the status he occupied before the arrest or indictment or information. No person as to whom the order has been entered may be held pursuant to another provision of law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of his failure to recite or acknowledge the arrest, or indictment or information, or trial in response to an inquiry made of him for any purpose.  (E) After the expungement, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is required to keep a nonpublic record of the offense and the date of the expungement to ensure that no person takes advantage of the rights of this section more than once. This nonpublic record is not subject to release pursuant to Section 34-11-95, the Freedom of Information Act, or any other provision of law except to those authorized law or court officials who need to know this information in order to prevent the rights afforded by this section from being taken advantage of more than once.  (F) As used in this section, "conviction" includes a guilty plea, a plea of nolo contendere, or the forfeiting of bail.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 262 (H.3789), Section 2, eff July 2, 2018.  Editor's Note  2018 Act No. 262, Section 1, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy and South Carolina Jobs Challenge Program Expungement Act."
SC Code § 17-22-1110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-1110. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Criminal risk factors" means characteristics and behaviors that, when addressed or changed, affect a person's risk for committing crimes. The characteristics may include, but not be limited to, the following risk and criminogenic need factors: antisocial behavior patterns; criminal personality; antisocial attitudes, values, and beliefs; poor impulse control; criminal thinking; substance abuse; criminal associates; dysfunctional family or marital relationships; or low levels of employment or education.  (2) "Evidence-based practices" means supervision policies, procedures, and practices that scientific research demonstrates reduce recidivism among individuals on probation, parole, or post-correctional supervision.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 273, Section 56, eff January 1, 2011.
SC Code § 17-22-1120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 22 - Intervention Programs|Section 17-22-1120. Diversion program data and reporting.

 (A) In addition to the information collected and processed by the Office of Pretrial Intervention Coordinator within the Commission on Prosecution Coordination pursuant to Articles 1, 3, 5, and 7, Chapter 22, Title 17, the Office of Pretrial Intervention Coordinator shall be responsible for collecting data on all programs administered by a circuit solicitor, the Commission on Prosecution Coordination, or a court, which divert offenders from prosecution to an alternative program or treatment.  (B) This shall include programs administered by circuit solicitors, which are either statutorily mandated or established by judicial order, and shall include, but are not limited to: alcohol education programs; drug courts for adults or juveniles; traffic education programs; worthless checks units; pretrial intervention; mental health courts; or juvenile arbitration.  (C) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17-22-130, 17-22-360, 17-22-370, or 17-22-560, the Office of Pretrial Intervention Coordinator shall collect and make available for public inspection an annual report on the numbers of individuals who apply for a diversion program, the number of individuals who begin a diversion program or treatment, the number of individuals who successfully complete a program or treatment within a twelve-month period, the number of individuals who do not successfully complete a program or treatment within the same twelve-month period, but who are still participating in the program or treatment, the number of individuals who did not complete the program within the twelve-month period and who have been prosecuted for the offense committed, and the number of individuals with fees fully or partially waived for indigence. The data collected and made available for public inspection shall be listed by each county, by each program or treatment, and the offense originally committed, but shall not contain any identifying information of the participant.  (D) A copy of the report shall be sent to the Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee for evaluation of the diversion programs and treatments being administered in the State by the circuit solicitors or a court, the effectiveness of each program, and to ascertain the need for additional programs, program modifications, or repeal of existing programs. In evaluating the programs and treatments, the Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee may request information on the evidence-based practices used in each program or treatment to identify offender risks and needs, and the specific interventions employed in each program or treatment to identify criminal risk factors and reduce recidivism.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 273, Section 56, eff January 1, 2011.
SC Code § 17-23-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial|Section 17-23-10. Plea of autrefois acquit or convict.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-501; 1952 Code Section 17-501; 1942 Code Section 1006; 1932 Code Section 1006; Cr. P. '22 Section 92; Cr. C. '12 Section 86; Cr. C. '02 Section 59; R. S. 58; 1887 (19) 829.
SC Code § 17-23-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial|Section 17-23-20. Double jeopardy after trial in municipal or magistrates court.

 Whenever a municipal court or a magistrates court shall have acquired jurisdiction by reason of a person committing an act which is alleged to be in violation of a municipal ordinance and which is in violation of the criminal law of this State a conviction or an acquittal by the first court acquiring jurisdiction shall be a complete bar to a trial by another court for the same alleged unlawful act or acts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-502; 1952 Code Section 17-502; 1942 Code Section 994; 1932 Code Section 994; 1928 (35) 1317.
SC Code § 17-23-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial|Section 17-23-30. Permitting second indictment and trial for same offense.

 If a person on his trial be acquitted upon the ground of a variance between the indictment and the proof or upon an exception to the form or substance of the indictment he may be arraigned again on a new indictment and tried and convicted for the same offense, notwithstanding such former acquittal.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-503; 1952 Code Section 17-503; 1942 Code Section 998; 1932 Code Section 998; Cr. P. '22 Section 84; Cr. C. '12 Section 78; Cr. C. '02 Section 51; G. S. 2451; R. S. 50.
SC Code § 17-23-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial|Section 17-23-40. Nolo contendere in misdemeanor cases.

 The defendant in any misdemeanor case in any of the courts of this State may, with the consent of the court, enter a plea of "nolo contendere" thereto and upon so doing such defendant shall be dealt with in like manner as if he had entered a plea of guilty thereto.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-504; 1952 Code Section 17-504; 1947 (45) 214.
SC Code § 17-23-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial|Section 17-23-50. Traverse of indictment is not a continuance.

 A traverse of any indictment shall not, in any court of criminal jurisdiction in this State, of itself operate to continue the case.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-505; 1952 Code Section 17-505; 1942 Code Section 981; 1932 Code Section 981; Cr. P. '22 Section 72; Cr. C. '12 Section 69; Cr. C. '02 Section 43; G. S. 2635; R. S. 43; 1871 (14) 534.
SC Code § 17-23-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial|Section 17-23-60. Accused's right to counsel, to produce witnesses and proofs, and to confront witnesses.

 Every person accused shall, at his trial, be allowed to be heard by counsel, may defend himself and shall have a right to produce witnesses and proofs in his favor and to meet the witnesses produced against him face to face.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-506; 1952 Code Section 17-506; 1942 Code Section 996; 1932 Code Section 996; Cr. P. '22 Section 82; Cr. C. '12 Section 76; Cr. C. '02 Section 49; G. S. 2449; R. S. 48.
SC Code § 17-23-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial|Section 17-23-80. Manner by which persons who have been indicted may be convicted.

 No person indicted for an offense shall be convicted thereof unless by confession of his guilt in open court, by admitting the truth of the charge against him by his plea or demurrer, by the verdict of a jury accepted and recorded by the court or as provided in Section 17-23-40.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-508; 1952 Code Section 17-508; 1942 Code Section 997; 1932 Code Section 997; Cr. P. '22 Section 83; Cr. C. '12 Section 77; Cr. C. '02 Section 50; G. S. 2450; R. S. 49.
SC Code § 17-23-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial|Section 17-23-90. Indictment and trial of persons committed for treason or felony; consequences of failure to indict.

 If any person committed for treason or felony, plainly and specially expressed in the warrant of commitment, upon his prayer or petition in open court the first week of the term to be brought to his trial shall not be indicted some time in the next term after such commitment, the judge of the circuit court shall, upon motion made in open court the last day of the term either by the prisoner or anyone in his behalf, set at liberty the prisoner upon bail, unless it appear to him, upon oath made, that the witnesses for the State could not be produced at the same term. And if any person committed as aforesaid, upon his prayer or petition in open court the first week of the term to be brought to his trial, shall not be indicted and tried the second term after his commitment or upon his trial shall be acquitted, he shall be discharged from his imprisonment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-509; 1952 Code Section 17-509; 1942 Code Section 1048; 1932 Code Section 1048; Cr. P. '22 Section 135; Cr. C. '12 Section 117; Cr. C. '02 Section 90; G. S. 2323; R. S. 90; 1679 (1) 119.
SC Code § 17-23-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 23 - Pleading And Trial|Section 17-23-100. Right to object to charge or request additional charge out of presence of jury.

 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 litigants an opportunity to express objections to the charge or request the charge of additional propositions made necessary by the charge, out of the presence of the jury.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-513.1; 1953 (48) 28.