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SC Code § 16-3-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-210. Assault and battery by mob; investigation and apprehension; civil liability.

 (A) For purposes of this section, a "mob" is defined as the assemblage of two or more persons, without color or authority of law, for the premeditated purpose and with the premeditated intent of committing an act of violence upon the person of another.  (B) Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person, which results in the death of the person, shall constitute the felony crime of assault and battery by mob in the first degree and, upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty years.  (C) Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person, which results in serious bodily injury to the person, shall constitute the felony crime of assault and battery by mob in the second degree and, upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three years nor more than twenty-five years.  (D) Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person, which results in bodily injury to the person, shall constitute the misdemeanor crime of assault and battery by mob in the third degree and, upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year.  (E) When any mob commits an act of violence, the sheriff of the county where the crime occurs and the solicitor of the circuit where the county is located shall act as speedily as possible to apprehend and identify the members of the mob and bring them to trial.  (F) The solicitor of any circuit has summary power to conduct any investigation deemed necessary by him in order to apprehend the members of a mob and may subpoena witnesses and take testimony under oath.  (G) This article shall not be construed to relieve a member of any such mob from civil liability.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-57; 1952 Code Section 16-57; 1951 (47) 233; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 4, eff June 2, 2010.
SC Code § 16-3-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-410. Sending or accepting challenge to fight.

 It is unlawful for a person to challenge another to fight with a sword, pistol, rapier, or any other deadly weapon or to accept a challenge.  A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than two years. A person convicted under this section is deprived of the right of suffrage, and is disabled from holding any office of honor or trust in this State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-61; 1952 Code Section 16-61; 1942 Code Section 1117; 1932 Code Section 1117; Cr. C. '22 Section 15; Cr. C. '12 Section 153; Cr. C. '02 Section 125; G. S. 2468; R. S. 125; 1880 (17) 501; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 88.
SC Code § 16-3-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-420. Carrying or delivering challenge; serving as second.

 Whoever shall (a) willingly or knowingly carry or deliver any such challenge in writing or verbally deliver any message intended as, or purporting to be, such a challenge, (b) be present at the fighting of any duel as a second or (c) aid or give countenance thereto shall, for every such offense, on conviction thereof, be forever disabled from holding any office of honor or trust in this State and shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding two years, at the discretion of the court, and shall be fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-62; 1952 Code Section 16-62; 1942 Code Section 1118; 1932 Code Section 1118; Cr. C. '22 Section 16; Cr. C. '12 Section 154; Cr. C. '02 Section 126; G. S. 2469; R. S. 126; 1880 (17) 502.
SC Code § 16-3-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-440. Principal or second compelled to give testimony.

 Upon the trial of all indictments for dueling any person concerned therein, either as principal or second or as counseling, aiding and abetting in such duel, shall be compelled to give evidence against the person actually indicted, without incriminating himself or subjecting or making himself liable to any prosecution, penalty, forfeiture or punishment on account of his agency in such duel.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-64; 1952 Code Section 16-64; 1942 Code Section 1014; 1932 Code Section 1014; Cr. P. '22 Section 100; Cr. C. '12 Section 155; Cr. C. '02 Section 127; G. S. 2470; R. S. 127; 1823 (6) 208.
SC Code § 16-3-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-450. Persons concerned in duel as witnesses.

 When two or more persons shall be charged in any indictment for fighting a duel or being concerned therein either of such persons may be used as a witness in behalf of the State by having his name stricken out of the indictment, or otherwise, at the discretion of the Attorney General or solicitor or other attorney acting for the State conducting such prosecution, of which an entry shall immediately be made on the minutes of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-65; 1952 Code Section 16-65; 1942 Code Section 1015; 1932 Code Section 1015; Cr. P. '22 Section 101; Cr. C. '12 Section 156; Cr. C. '02 Section 128; G. S. 2471; R. S. 128; 1823 (6) 208.
SC Code § 16-3-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-460. Pleading in bar by State's witness to subsequent indictment.

 In case any such person so used as a witness in behalf of the State in any prosecution for fighting a duel or for being concerned therein shall afterwards be indicted for the same offense, the fact of his having been used as a witness in the former prosecution for the same offense may be pleaded in bar to such subsequent indictment and, on proof thereof by competent evidence, such person shall be thereof acquitted and discharged.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-66; 1952 Code Section 16-66; 1942 Code Section 1015; 1932 Code Section 1015; Cr. P. '22 Section 101; Cr. C. '12 Section 156; Cr. C. '02 Section 128; G. S. 2471; R. S. 128; 1823 (6) 208.
SC Code § 16-3-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-510. Hazing unlawful; definitions.

 It is unlawful for a person to intentionally or recklessly engage in acts which have a foreseeable potential for causing physical harm to a person for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with a chartered or nonchartered student, fraternal, or sororal organization. Fraternity, sorority, or other organization for purposes of this section means those chartered and nonchartered fraternities, sororities, or other organizations operating in connection with a school, college, or university. This section does not include customary athletic events or similar contests or competitions, or military training whether state, federal, or educational.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 73 Section 1; 2002 Act No. 310, Section 4, eff June 5, 2002.
SC Code § 16-3-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-520. Unlawful to assist in or fail to report hazing.

 It is unlawful for any person to knowingly permit or assist any person in committing acts made unlawful by Section 16-3-510 or to fail to report promptly any information within his knowledge of acts made unlawful by Section 16-3-510 to the chief executive officer of the appropriate school, college, or university.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 73 Section 2.
SC Code § 16-3-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-530. Penalties.

 Any person who violates the provisions of Sections 16-3-510 or 16-3-520 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed twelve months, or both.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 73 Section 3.
SC Code § 16-3-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-540. Consent not a defense.

 The implied or express consent of a person to acts which violate Section 16-3-510 does not constitute a defense to violations of Sections 16-3-510 or 16-3-520.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 73 Section 4.
SC Code § 16-3-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-610. Certain offenses committed with a carried or concealed deadly weapon.

 If a person is convicted of an offense pursuant to Section 16-3-29, 16-3-600, or manslaughter, and the offense is committed with a deadly weapon of the character as specified in Section 16-23-460 carried or concealed upon the person of the defendant, the judge shall, in addition to the punishment provided by law for such offense, sentence the person to imprisonment for the misdemeanor offense for not less than three months nor more than twelve months, or a fine of not less than two hundred dollars, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-93; 1952 Code Section 16-93; 1942 Code Section 1258; 1932 Code Section 1258; Cr. C. '22 Section 153; Cr. C. '12 Section 160; Cr. C. '02 Section 132; 1897 (22) 427; 2010 Act No. 273, Section 6.C, eff June 2, 2010.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 273, Section 7.C, provides:  "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."
SC Code § 16-3-615 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-615. Spousal sexual battery.

 (A) Sexual battery, as defined in Section 16-3-651(h), when accomplished through use of aggravated force, defined as the use or the threat of use of a weapon or the use or threat of use of physical force or physical violence of a high and aggravated nature, by one spouse against the other spouse if they are living together, constitutes the felony of spousal sexual battery and, upon conviction, a person must be imprisoned not more than ten years.  (B) The offending spouse's conduct must be reported to appropriate law enforcement authorities within thirty days in order for that spouse to be prosecuted for this offense.  (C) The provisions of Section 16-3-659.1 apply to any trial brought under this section.  (D) This section is not applicable to a purported marriage entered into by a male under the age of sixteen or a female under the age of fourteen.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 139, Section 1; 1994 Act No. 295, Sections 1, 3; 1997 Act No. 95, Section 2.
SC Code § 16-3-625 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-625. Resisting arrest with deadly weapon; sentencing; "deadly weapon" defined; application of section.

 A person who resists the lawful efforts of a law enforcement officer to arrest him or another person with the use or threat of use of a deadly weapon against the officer, and the person is in possession or claims to be in possession of a deadly weapon, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten nor less than two years. No sentence imposed hereunder for a first offense shall be suspended to less than six months nor shall the persons so sentenced be eligible for parole until after service of six months. No person sentenced under this section for a second or subsequent offense shall have the sentence suspended to less than two years nor shall the person be eligible for parole until after service of two years.  As used in this section "deadly weapon" means any instrument which can be used to inflict deadly force.  This section does not affect or replace the common law crime of assault and battery with intent to kill nor does it apply if the sentencing judge, in his discretion, elects to sentence an eligible defendant under the provisions of the "Youthful Offenders Act".  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 511, Section 1; 1995 Act No. 83, Section 11.
SC Code § 16-3-651 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-651. Criminal sexual conduct; definitions.

 For the purposes of Sections 16-3-651 to 16-3-659.1:  (a) "Actor" means a person accused of criminal sexual conduct.  (b) "Aggravated coercion" means that the actor threatens to use force or violence of a high and aggravated nature to overcome the victim or another person, if the victim reasonably believes that the actor has the present ability to carry out the threat, or threatens to retaliate in the future by the infliction of physical harm, kidnapping or extortion, under circumstances of aggravation, against the victim or any other person.  (c) "Aggravated force" means that the actor uses physical force or physical violence of a high and aggravated nature to overcome the victim or includes the threat of the use of a deadly weapon.  (d) "Intimate parts" includes the primary genital area, anus, groin, inner thighs, or buttocks of a male or female human being and the breasts of a female human being.  (e) "Mentally defective" means that a person suffers from a mental disease or defect which renders the person temporarily or permanently incapable of appraising the nature of his or her conduct.  (f) "Mentally incapacitated" means that a person is rendered temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling his or her conduct whether this condition is produced by illness, defect, the influence of a substance or from some other cause.  (g) "Physically helpless" means that a person is unconscious, asleep, or for any other reason physically unable to communicate unwillingness to an act.  (h) "Sexual battery" means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of another person's body, except when such intrusion is accomplished for medically recognized treatment or diagnostic purposes.  (i) "Victim" means the person alleging to have been subjected to criminal sexual conduct.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157 Section 1.
SC Code § 16-3-652 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-652. Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree.

 (1) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if the actor engages in sexual battery with the victim and if any one or more of the following circumstances are proven:  (a) The actor uses aggravated force to accomplish sexual battery.  (b) The victim submits to sexual battery by the actor under circumstances where the victim is also the victim of forcible confinement, kidnapping, trafficking in persons, robbery, extortion, burglary, housebreaking, or any other similar offense or act.  (c) The actor causes the victim, without the victim's consent, to become mentally incapacitated or physically helpless by administering, distributing, dispensing, delivering, or causing to be administered, distributed, dispensed, or delivered a controlled substance, a controlled substance analogue, or any intoxicating substance.  (2) Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than thirty years, according to the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157 Section 2; 1998 Act No. 372, Section 4; 2000 Act No. 355, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 289, Section 5, eff June 11, 2010.
SC Code § 16-3-653 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-653. Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree.

 (1) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if the actor uses aggravated coercion to accomplish sexual battery.  (2) Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than twenty years according to the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157 Section 3.
SC Code § 16-3-654 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-654. Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree.

 (1) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if the actor engages in sexual battery with the victim and if any one or more of the following circumstances are proven:  (a) The actor uses force or coercion to accomplish the sexual battery in the absence of aggravating circumstances.  (b) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless and aggravated force or aggravated coercion was not used to accomplish sexual battery.  (2) Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten years, according to the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157 Section 4.
SC Code § 16-3-656 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-656. Criminal sexual conduct; assaults with intent to commit.

 Assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct described in the above sections shall be punishable as if the criminal sexual conduct was committed.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157 Section 6; 1978 Act No. 639 Section 2.
SC Code § 16-3-657 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-657. Criminal sexual conduct; testimony of victim need not be corroborated.

 The testimony of the victim need not be corroborated in prosecutions under Sections 16-3-652 through 16-3-658.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157 Section 7.
SC Code § 16-3-658 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-658. Criminal sexual conduct; when victim is spouse.

 A person cannot be guilty of criminal sexual conduct under Sections 16-3-651 through 16-3-659.1 if the victim is the legal spouse unless the couple is living apart and the offending spouse's conduct constitutes criminal sexual conduct in the first degree or second degree as defined by Sections 16-3-652 and 16-3-653.  The offending spouse's conduct must be reported to appropriate law enforcement authorities within thirty days in order for a person to be prosecuted for these offenses.  This section is not applicable to a purported marriage entered into by a male under the age of sixteen or a female under the age of fourteen.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157 Section 8; 1991 Act No. 139, Section 2; 1997 Act No. 95, Section 3.
SC Code § 16-3-659 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-659. Criminal sexual conduct; males under fourteen not presumed incapable of committing crime of rape.

 The common law rule that a boy under fourteen years is conclusively presumed to be incapable of committing the crime of rape shall not be enforced in this State. Provided, that any person under the age of 14 shall be tried as a juvenile for any violations of Sections 16-3-651 to 16-3-659.1.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157 Section 9.
SC Code § 16-3-659.1 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-659.1. Criminal sexual conduct; admissibility of evidence concerning victim's sexual conduct.

 (1) Evidence of specific instances of the victim's sexual conduct, opinion evidence of the victim's sexual conduct, and reputation evidence of the victim's sexual conduct is not admissible in prosecutions under Sections 16-3-615 and 16-3-652 to 16-3-656; however, evidence of the victim's sexual conduct with the defendant or evidence of specific instances of sexual activity with persons other than the defendant introduced to show source or origin of semen, pregnancy, or disease about which evidence has been introduced previously at trial is admissible if the judge finds that such evidence is relevant to a material fact and issue in the case and that its inflammatory or prejudicial nature does not outweigh its probative value. Evidence of specific instances of sexual activity which would constitute adultery and would be admissible under rules of evidence to impeach the credibility of the witness may not be excluded.  (2) If the defendant proposes to offer evidence described in subsection (1), the defendant, prior to presenting his defense shall file a written motion and offer of proof. The court shall order an in-camera hearing to determine whether the proposed evidence is admissible under subsection (1). If new evidence is discovered during the presentation of the defense that may make the evidence described in subsection (1) admissible, the judge may order an in-camera hearing to determine whether the proposed evidence is admissible under subsection (1).  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 157, Section 10; 1994 Act No. 295, Section 2.
SC Code § 16-3-660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-660. Deposition testimony of rape victim or victim of assault with intent to ravish.

 Before or during the trial of a person charged with rape or assault with intent to ravish, when the female who is alleged to have been assaulted is a witness, the judge of the court in which the case is to be tried may, in his discretion, by an order direct that the deposition of such witness be taken at a time and place designated in such order within the county in which the trial is to be had upon such notice to the accused as the judge may direct.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-73; 1952 Code Section 16-73; 1942 Code Section 1016; 1932 Code Section 1016; Cr. P. '22 Section 107; Cr. C. '12 Section 92; 1909 (26) 206.
SC Code § 16-3-670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-670. Procedure for taking deposition.

 Such deposition shall be taken by the clerk of the court of general sessions for the county in which the case is to be tried or by such other officer as the presiding judge may name in his order, at the taking of which the accused shall be present and shall have the same rights in regard to the examination of the witness as if she were testifying in open court. No persons other than the attorneys for the State and accused shall be present unless expressly admitted by the judge, and the accused shall have the right to object to the admissibility of the testimony of such witness, either at the time of the taking of the deposition or when the same is offered in evidence on the trial in open court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-74; 1952 Code Section 16-74; 1942 Code Section 1016; 1932 Code Section 1016; Cr. P. '22 Section 107; Cr. C. '12 Section 92; 1909 (26) 206.