{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-19-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 17-19-20","heading":"Allegations sufficient for indictment.","body":"Every indictment shall be deemed and judged sufficient and good in law which, in addition to allegations as to time and place, as required by law, charges the crime substantially in the language of the common law or of the statute prohibiting the crime or so plainly that the nature of the offense charged may be easily understood and, if the offense be a statutory offense, that the offense be alleged to be contrary to the statute in such case made and provided.","path":["Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 19 Indictments"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t17c019.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:46:14Z","sha256":"3f2117e8f0aad108cab0c2e4568b85085d203a70538e8c92dad82a1e1437a875","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-19-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-19-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}