South Carolina § 14-7-1080 Effect of jury's delay in rendering verdict.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 14-7-1080 — Effect of jury's delay in rendering verdict.

South Carolina § 14-7-1080

Title 14COURTS

Ch. 7JURIES AND JURORS IN CIRCUIT COURTS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 14-7-1080 (2026).

Text

Should the jury charged with any case be delayed in rendering its verdict so that it could not be present to be drawn from in making the list to form a second jury, then the clerk shall present to the parties or their attorneys a list containing the names of twenty jurors to be drawn by the clerk from the remaining jurors in the manner provided in Section 14-7-1050, from which list the parties or their attorneys shall alternately strike, as provided in Section 14-7-1050 until twelve are left who shall constitute the jury.

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Should the jury charged with any case be delayed in rendering its verdict so that it could not be present to be drawn from in making the list to form a second jury, then the clerk shall present to the parties or their attorneys a list containing the names of twenty jurors to be drawn by the clerk from the remaining jurors in the manner provided in Section 14-7-1050, from which list the parties or their attorneys shall alternately strike, as provided in Section 14-7-1050 until twelve are left who shall constitute the jury.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 38-207; 1952 Code SECTION 38-207; 1942 Code SECTION 634; 1932 Code SECTION 634; Civ. P. '22 SECTION 574; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 4042; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2940; 1901 (23) 633; 1902 (23) 1069; 1904 (24) 413; 1909 (26) 48; 1939 (41) 74; 1976 Code SECTION 14-7-1070; 1986 Act No. 340, SECTION 3, eff March 10, 1986. Editor's Note Provisions relative to impaneling a jury in default cases or in cases where the right to strike a jury has been waived, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in SECTION 14-7-1090.