South Carolina § 17-21-30 Venue where perpetrator of homicide and victim are in different states.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 17-21-30 — Venue where perpetrator of homicide and victim are in different states.

South Carolina § 17-21-30

Title 17CRIMINAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 21VENUE

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 17-21-30 (2026).

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When any person within the limits of this State shall inflict an injury on any person who at the time the injury is inflicted is beyond the limits of this State or when any person beyond the limits of this State shall inflict an injury on any person at the time within the limits of this State and such injury shall cause the death of the person injured, in either case the person causing such death shall be subject to be indicted, tried and punished in the first case in the county of this State where the person inflicting the injury was at the time when the injury was inflicted and, in the second case, in the county in which it was received. The procedure and punishment shall be in all respects the same as if both parties were within such county at the time the injury was inflicted and the h

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When any person within the limits of this State shall inflict an injury on any person who at the time the injury is inflicted is beyond the limits of this State or when any person beyond the limits of this State shall inflict an injury on any person at the time within the limits of this State and such injury shall cause the death of the person injured, in either case the person causing such death shall be subject to be indicted, tried and punished in the first case in the county of this State where the person inflicting the injury was at the time when the injury was inflicted and, in the second case, in the county in which it was received. The procedure and punishment shall be in all respects the same as if both parties were within such county at the time the injury was inflicted and the homicide had been in all respects completed in such county.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 17-455; 1952 Code SECTION 17-455; 1942 Code SECTION 1018; 1932 Code SECTION 1018; Cr. P. '22 SECTION 109; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 145; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 117; G. S. 2462; R. S. 117; 1859 (12) 822.