{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-1045","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-1045","heading":"Use or employment of person under eighteen to commit certain crimes.","body":"(A) It is unlawful for any person at least eighteen years of age to knowingly and intentionally:\n(1) use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under eighteen years of age to commit a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, the crime of lynching as a result of mob violence prohibited by Article 3, Chapter 3 of this title, or the unlawful distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or LSD;\n(2) conspire to use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under eighteen years of age to commit a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, the crime of lynching as a result of mob violence prohibited by Article 3, Chapter 3 of this title, or the unlawful distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or LSD.\n(B) Any person who violates subsections (A)(1) or (A)(2) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years. Each violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.\n(C) The felonies established in this section are supplemental to and do not supersede any other provisions of law which make the conduct referred to in subsection (A) unlawful.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 3 Offenses Against the Person","ARTICLE 11 Miscellaneous Offenses"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:44:04Z","sha256":"5a0393be574a658c5311db75450878988de23ad46157cfbfb3ac7f2cdc4d224b","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-1040","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-1050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}