{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-28","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-28","heading":"Punishment for murder; right of defendant to make last argument.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any criminal trial where the maximum penalty is death or in a separate sentencing proceeding following such trial, the defendant and his counsel shall have the right to make the last argument.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 3 Offenses Against the Person","ARTICLE 1 Homicide"],"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":"d62a599c26f83a307ee113adb38ab879016da0107eed756e3f5c549d02ff51c8","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-26","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-3-29"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}