Opinion
07-08-2021
Re: General Sessions Sentencing Sheet
ORDER
Donald W. Beatty, C. J.
Pursuant to Rule 36, SCRCrimP, the attached revised General Sessions Sentencing Sheet, SCCA/217 (7/2021) is approved effective July 12, 2021, as the sentencing sheet to be used in cases disposed of in the South Carolina General Sessions Courts. The form has been updated to include:
• Option to authorize "time spent on monitored house arrest" as part of a credit for time served sentence
• Option to authorize the defendant to be released from the county detention center
• Option of additional requirements for completion during probation
• Addition of Unpaid Application Fee to be paid to the public defender fund
• Addition of the Fraudulent Check Administrative Fee
• Formatting changes that do not affect content
The form will be available on the South Carolina Judicial Branch website at http://www.sccourts.org/forms.
FOR THE COURT Columbia, South Carolina July 8, 2021