South Carolina § 24-3-510 Death sentence and notice.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 24-3-510 — Death sentence and notice.

South Carolina § 24-3-510

Title 24CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES AND PARDONS

Ch. 3STATE PRISON SYSTEM

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S.C. Code Ann. § 24-3-510 (2026).

Text

Upon the conviction of any person in this State of a crime the punishment of which is death, the presiding judge shall sentence such convicted person to death according to the provisions of Section 24-3-530 and make such sentence in writing. Such sentence shall be filed with the papers in the case against such convicted person and a certified copy thereof shall be transmitted by the clerk of the court of general sessions in which such sentence is pronounced to the Director of the Department of Corrections not less than ten days prior to the time fixed in the sentence of the court for the execution of it.

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Upon the conviction of any person in this State of a crime the punishment of which is death, the presiding judge shall sentence such convicted person to death according to the provisions of Section 24-3-530 and make such sentence in writing. Such sentence shall be filed with the papers in the case against such convicted person and a certified copy thereof shall be transmitted by the clerk of the court of general sessions in which such sentence is pronounced to the Director of the Department of Corrections not less than ten days prior to the time fixed in the sentence of the court for the execution of it.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 55-371; 1952 Code SECTION 55-371; 1942 Code SECTION 1988; 1932 Code SECTION 1988; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 972; 1912 (27) 702; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 418.