S.C. Code § 17-23-30

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.

Section 17-23-30 - Permitting second indictment and trial for same offense

If a person on his trial be acquitted upon the ground of a variance between the indictment and the proof or upon an exception to the form or substance of the indictment he may be arraigned again on a new indictment and tried and convicted for the same offense, notwithstanding such former acquittal.

S.C. Code § 17-23-30

R. S. 50; G. S. 2451; Cr. C. '02 Section 51; Cr. C. '12 Section 78; Cr. P. '22 Section 84; 1932 Code Section 998; 1942 Code Section 998; 1952 Code Section 17-503; 1962 Code Section 17-503.