Bill 238

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    238
Primary Sponsor:                Giese
Committee Number:               11
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Peremptory challenges, criminal
                                cases
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Judiciary
Computer Document Number:       238
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Jan 08, 1991
Last History Type:              Introduced and read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Giese
                                Courson
                                Wilson
                                Rose
                                McConnell
                                Drummond
                                Waddell
                                O'Dell
                                J. Verne
                                Smith
                                Holland
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 238   Senate  Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       11
                             time, referred to Committee
 238   Senate  Oct 15, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           11
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 14-7-1110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES FOR DEFENDANTS AND THE STATE IN CRIMINAL CASES, SO AS TO EQUALIZE THE NUMBER OF PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ALLOWED TO DEFENDANTS AND THE STATE IN CRIMINAL CASES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 14-7-1110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 10 of 1987, is further amended to read:

"Section 14-7-1110. Any A person who is arraigned for the crime of murder, manslaughter, burglary, arson, criminal sexual conduct, armed robbery, grand larceny, or breach of trust when it is punishable as for grand larceny, perjury, or forgery is entitled to peremptory challenges not exceeding ten, and the State in these cases is entitled to peremptory challenges not exceeding five ten. Any A person who is indicted for any crime or offense other than those enumerated above has the right to peremptory challenges not exceeding five, and the State in these cases is entitled to peremptory challenges not exceeding five. No right to stand aside jurors is allowed to the State in any case whatsoever. In no case where felonies when there is more than one defendant jointly tried are no more than twenty peremptory challenges are allowed in all to the defendants, and in no more than twenty challenges are allowed to the State in these cases. In misdemeanors when there is more than one defendant jointly tried no more than ten peremptory challenges are allowed in all to the defendants, and no more than ten challenges are allowed to the State in these cases. In felonies when there is more than one defendant jointly tried the State has ten challenges."

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