South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 904

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators McConnell and Rose
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\mcconnell\jud0005.jjg.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2010
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Probation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2009  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-13
   1/12/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-13
   1/12/2010  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Malloy (ch), Ford, Rankin, 
                        Knotts, Cleary

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2009

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-410, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATED TO THE PLACEMENT OF A DEFENDANT ON PROBATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE DEFENDANT IS CONVICTED OF OR PLEADS GUILTY TO AN OFFENSE INVOLVING A VIOLENT ACT AGAINST A PERSON OR THE TAKING OF PROPERTY FROM A PERSON, AND THE DEFENDANT IS PLACED ON PROBATION, THE DEFENDANT MAY NOT BE PLACED ON PROBATION FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 24-21-410 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 24-21-410    (A)    After conviction or plea for any offense, except a crime punishable by death, or life imprisonment, or as provided for in subsection (B), the judge of a court of record with criminal jurisdiction at the time of sentence may suspend the imposition or the execution of a sentence and place the defendant on probation or may impose a fine and also place the defendant on probation. Probation is a form of clemency.

(B)    If the defendant is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense involving a violent act against a person or the taking of property from a person, and the defendant is placed on probation, the defendant may not be placed on probation for any subsequent offense."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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