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SC Code § 16-3-680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-680. Sheriff shall secure attendance of accused; absence of counsel.

 The sheriff of the county shall secure the personal attendance of the accused at the time and place of taking such depositions, and the absence of either the attorney for the State or for the accused, after notice prescribed in the order, shall not prevent or delay the taking of such depositions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-79; 1952 Code Section 16-79; 1942 Code Section 1016; 1932 Code Section 1016; Cr. P. '22 Section 107; Cr. C. '12 Section 92; 1909 (26) 206.
SC Code § 16-3-690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-690. Custody of deposition.

 Such depositions, when taken, shall be signed by the witness in the presence of the clerk or other officer taking the same, placed in a sealed envelope, the title of the case endorsed thereon, and be retained by the clerk of court until the same is opened in court; and if taken by another officer he shall deliver the same to the clerk, to be retained by him as herein provided.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-77; 1952 Code Section 16-77; 1942 Code Section 1016; 1932 Code Section 1016; Cr. P. '22 Section 107; Cr. C. '12 Section 92; 1909 (26) 206.
SC Code § 16-3-700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-700. Reading deposition to jury.

 Such deposition shall be read to the jury upon the trial and shall be considered by them as though such testimony had been given orally in court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-75; 1952 Code Section 16-75; 1942 Code Section 1016; 1932 Code Section 1016; Cr. P. '22 Section 107; Cr. C. '12 Section 92; 1909 (26) 206.
SC Code § 16-3-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-710. Depositions in rebuttal.

 The judge may, in like manner, direct other depositions of such witness, in rebuttal or otherwise, which shall be taken and read in the manner and under the conditions herein prescribed as to the first deposition.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-76; 1952 Code Section 16-76; 1942 Code Section 1016; 1932 Code Section 1016; Cr. P. '22 Section 107; Cr. C. '12 Section 92; 1909 (26) 206.
SC Code § 16-3-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-720. Destruction of deposition.

 The clerk of the court in which such case is tried, in the event no appeal is taken, shall, as soon as the time for appealing has elapsed, withdraw the deposition from the record of the case and destroy it. And in case there is an appeal, as soon as the case is finally disposed of, the clerk shall destroy the depositions herein provided for.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-78; 1952 Code Section 16-78; 1942 Code Section 1016; 1932 Code Section 1016; Cr. P. '22 Section 107; Cr. C. '12 Section 92; 1909 (26) 206.
SC Code § 16-3-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-730. Publishing name of victim of criminal sexual conduct unlawful.

 Whoever publishes or causes to be published the name of any person upon whom the crime of criminal sexual conduct has been committed or alleged to have been committed in this State in any newspaper, magazine or other publication shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than three years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to publications made by order of court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-81; 1952 Code Section 16-81; 1942 Code Section 1275; 1932 Code Section 1275; Cr. C. '22 Section 170; Cr. C. '12 Section 317; 1909 (26) 208; 1979 Act No. 23.
SC Code § 16-3-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-750. Request that victim submit to polygraph examination.

 A law enforcement officer, prosecuting officer, or other governmental official may request that the victim of an alleged criminal sexual conduct offense as defined under federal or South Carolina law submit to a polygraph examination or other truth telling device as part of the investigation, charging, or prosecution of the offense if the credibility of the victim is at issue; however, the officer or official must not require the victim to submit to a polygraph examination or other truth telling device as a condition for proceeding with the investigation, charging, or prosecution of the offense.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 59, Section 4, eff June 2, 2009.
SC Code § 16-3-800 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-800. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Sexual performance" means any performance or part thereof that includes sexual conduct by a child younger than eighteen years of age.  (2) "Sexual conduct" means actual or simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation, sado-masochistic abuse, or lewd exhibition of the genitals.  (3) "Performance" means any play, motion picture, photograph, dance, or other visual representation that is exhibited before an audience.  (4) "Promote" means to procure, manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or advertise or to offer or agree to do any of the above.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 267.
SC Code § 16-3-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-810. Engaging child for sexual performance; penalty.

 (a) It is unlawful for any person to employ, authorize, or induce a child younger than eighteen years of age to engage in a sexual performance. It is unlawful for a parent or legal guardian or custodian of a child younger than eighteen years of age to consent to the participation by the child in a sexual performance.  (b) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of criminal sexual conduct of the second degree and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Section 16-3-653.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 267.
SC Code § 16-3-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-820. Producing, directing or promoting sexual performance by child; penalty.

 (a) It is unlawful for any person to produce, direct, or promote a performance that includes sexual conduct by a child younger than eighteen years of age.  (b) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of criminal sexual conduct of the third degree and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Section 16-3-654.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 267.
SC Code § 16-3-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-830. Reasonable belief as to majority of child as affirmative defense.

 It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this article that the defendant, in good faith, reasonably believed that the person who engaged in the sexual conduct was eighteen years of age or older.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 267.
SC Code § 16-3-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-840. Methods of judicial determination of age of child.

 When it becomes necessary for the purposes of this article to determine whether a child who participated in sexual conduct was younger than eighteen years of age, the court or jury may make this determination by any of the following methods:  (1) personal inspection of the child;  (2) inspection of the photograph or motion picture that shows the child engaging in the sexual performance;  (3) oral testimony by a witness to the sexual performance as to the age of the child based on the child's appearance at the time;  (4) expert medical testimony based on the appearance of the child engaging in the sexual performance; or  (5) any other method authorized by law or by rules of evidence.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 267.
SC Code § 16-3-850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-850. Film processor or computer technician to report film or computer images containing sexually explicit pictures of minors.

 Any retail or wholesale film processor or photo finisher who is requested to develop film, and any computer technician working with a computer who views an image of a child younger than eighteen years of age or appearing to be younger than eighteen years of age who is engaging in sexual conduct, sexual performance, or a sexually explicit posture must report the name and address of the individual requesting the development of the film, or of the owner or person in possession of the computer to law enforcement officials in the state and county or municipality from which the film was originally forwarded. Compliance with this section does not give rise to any civil liability on the part of anyone making the report.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 168 Section 4; 2001 Act No. 81, Section 3.
SC Code § 16-3-910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-910. Kidnapping.

 Whoever shall unlawfully seize, confine, inveigle, decoy, kidnap, abduct or carry away any other person by any means whatsoever without authority of law, except when a minor is seized or taken by his parent, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty years unless sentenced for murder as provided in Section 16-3-20.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-91; 1952 Code Section 16-91; 1942 Code Section 1122; 1937 (40) 137; 1966 (54) 2151; 1974 (58) 2361; 1976 Act No. 684; 1991 Act No. 117, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-3-920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-920. Conspiracy to kidnap.

 If two or more persons enter into an agreement, confederation, or conspiracy to violate the provisions of Section 16-3-910 and any of such persons do any overt act towards carrying out such unlawful agreement, confederation, or conspiracy, each such person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished in like manner as provided for the violation of Section 16-3-910.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-92; 1952 Code Section 16-92; 1942 Code Section 1122; 1937 (40) 137; 1991 Act No. 117, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-3-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1010. Failing to remove doors from abandoned airtight containers.

 Any person who abandons or discards any icebox, refrigerator, ice chest or other type of airtight container of a capacity sufficient to contain any child and who neglects prior to such abandonment to remove the door, lid or other device for the closing thereof and any owner, lessee or other person in charge of property who knowingly permits any abandoned icebox, refrigerator, ice chest or other type of airtight container to remain thereon accessible to children without removing the door, lid or other closing device therefrom shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-94; 1954 (48) 1479.
SC Code § 16-3-1020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1020. Maintaining open and unprotected abandoned wells.

 It shall be unlawful for any owner or tenant to permit or allow any abandoned well to remain open and unprotected, curbed or fenced in on any place or premises owned or occupied in this State. Any person convicted of allowing any such abandoned well to remain open and unprotected, curbed or fenced in shall be fined in the sum of ten dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-95; 1952 Code Section 16-95; 1942 Code Section 1189; 1932 Code Section 1189; Cr. C. '22 Section 80; Cr. C. '12 Section 240; 1904 (24) 383.
SC Code § 16-3-1040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1040. Threatening life, person or family of public official or public employee; punishment.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person knowingly and wilfully to deliver or convey to a public official or to a teacher or principal of an elementary or secondary school any letter or paper, writing, print, missive, document, or electronic communication or verbal or electronic communication which contains a threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the public official, teacher, or principal, or members of his immediate family if the threat is directly related to the public official's, teacher's, or principal's professional responsibilities.  (B) It is unlawful for a person knowingly and wilfully to deliver or convey to a public employee a letter or paper, writing, print, missive, document, or electronic communication or verbal or electronic communication which contains a threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the public employee or members of his immediate family if the threat is directly related to the public employee's official responsibilities.  (C) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A), upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (D) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (B), upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.  (E) For purposes of this section:  (1) "Public official" means an elected or appointed official of the United States or of this State or of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this State.  (2) "Public employee" means a person employed by the State, a county, a municipality, a school district, or a political subdivision of this State, except that for purposes of this section, a "public employee" does not include a teacher or principal of an elementary or secondary school.  (3) "Immediate family" means the spouse, child, grandchild, mother, father, sister, or brother of the public official, teacher, principal, or public employee.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 299; 1990 Act No. 579, Section 8; 1998 Act No. 435, Section 1.  Editor's Note  1990 Act No. 579, Section 7 eff June 12, 1990, provides as follows:  "This act may be cited as the 'Safe Schools Act of 1990'."
SC Code § 16-3-1045 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1045. Use or employment of person under eighteen to commit certain crimes.

 (A) It is unlawful for any person at least eighteen years of age to knowingly and intentionally:  (1) use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under eighteen years of age to commit a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, the crime of lynching as a result of mob violence prohibited by Article 3, Chapter 3 of this title, or the unlawful distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or LSD;  (2) conspire to use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under eighteen years of age to commit a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, the crime of lynching as a result of mob violence prohibited by Article 3, Chapter 3 of this title, or the unlawful distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or LSD.  (B) Any person who violates subsections (A)(1) or (A)(2) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years. Each violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.  (C) The felonies established in this section are supplemental to and do not supersede any other provisions of law which make the conduct referred to in subsection (A) unlawful.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 290, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-3-1050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1050. Failure to report, perpetrating or interfering with an investigation of abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult; penalties.

 (A) A person required to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult under Chapter 35 of Title 43 who has actual knowledge that abuse, neglect, or exploitation has occurred and who knowingly and wilfully fails to report the abuse, neglect, or exploitation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year. A person required to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult under Chapter 35 of Title 43 who has reason to believe that abuse, neglect, or exploitation has occurred or is likely to occur and who knowingly and wilfully fails to report the abuse, neglect, or exploitation is subject to disciplinary action as may be determined necessary by the appropriate licensing board.  (B) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (E) and (F), a person who knowingly and wilfully abuses a vulnerable adult is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years.  (C) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (E) and (F), a person who knowingly and wilfully neglects a vulnerable adult is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years.  (D) A person who knowingly and wilfully exploits a vulnerable adult is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, and may be required by the court to make restitution.  (E) A person who knowingly and wilfully abuses or neglects a vulnerable adult resulting in great bodily injury is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than fifteen years.  (F) A person who knowingly and wilfully abuses or neglects a vulnerable adult resulting in death is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than thirty years.  (G) A person who threatens, intimidates, or attempts to intimidate a vulnerable adult subject of a report, a witness, or any other person cooperating with an investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years.  (H) A person who wilfully and knowingly obstructs or in any way impedes an investigation conducted pursuant to Chapter 35 of Title 43, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years.  As used in this section, "great bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 56, Section 5.
SC Code § 16-3-1060 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1060. Receipt of compensation for relinquishing custody of child for adoption; penalty.

 No person may sell or buy a minor child, or request, or accept, receive, or pay any fee, compensation, or any other thing of value as consideration for relinquishing the custody of a child for adoption. Provided, however, release or termination of prior support obligations shall not be construed as compensation or any other thing of value within the meaning of this section. However, reasonable costs may be assessed if they are reimbursements for expenses incurred or fees for services rendered, as provided for in Section 63-9-310(F). This section does not prohibit the assumption by a prospective adoptive parent of child support obligations previously established by the order of any court.  Any person violating the provisions of this section or the provisions of Section 63-9-310(F) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction or plea of guilty, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both, in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 474, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 653, Section 18A.
SC Code § 16-3-1072 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1072. Reporting medical treatment for gunshot wound; immunity; physician-patient privilege abrogated; penalties.

 (A) Any physician, nurse, or any other medical or emergency medical services personnel of a hospital, clinic, or other health care facility or provider who knowingly treats any person suffering from a gunshot wound or who receives a request for such treatment shall report within a reasonable time the existence of the gunshot wound to the sheriff's department of the county in which the treatment is administered or a request is received. However, no report is necessary if a law enforcement officer is present with the victim while treatment is being administered.  (B) The reports provided for in subsection (A) may be made orally, or otherwise. A hospital, clinic, or other health care facility or provider may designate an individual to make the reports provided for in this section. However, a report must be made as soon as possible, but no later than the time of the victim's release from that facility.  (C) A person required to make a report pursuant to this section or who participates in judicial proceedings resulting from the report, acting in good faith, is immune from civil and criminal liability which might otherwise result by reason of these actions. In all such civil and criminal proceedings, good faith is rebuttably presumed.  (D) For purposes of this section, the confidential or privileged nature of communication between physician and patient and any other professional person and his patient or client is abrogated and does not constitute grounds for failure to report or the exclusion of evidence resulting from a report made pursuant to this section.  (E) A person required to report the existence of a gunshot wound who knowingly fails to do so is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 69, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-3-1075 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1075. Felony of carjacking; penalties.

 (A) For purposes of this section, "great bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.  (B) A person is guilty of the felony of carjacking who takes, or attempts to take, a motor vehicle from another person by force and violence or by intimidation while the person is operating the vehicle or while the person is in the vehicle. Upon conviction for this offense, a person must:  (1) be imprisoned not more than twenty years; or  (2) if great bodily injury results, be imprisoned not more than thirty years.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 163, Section 1; 1998 Act No. 402, Section 1.