{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-165","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-165","heading":"Attorney appearing at preliminary hearing not obligated to continue representation.","body":"The appearance by an attorney on behalf of a defendant in a preliminary hearing shall not in and of itself obligate that attorney to continue the representation of that defendant beyond the preliminary hearing.","path":["Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 23 Pleading and Trial"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t17c023.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:46:29Z","sha256":"cfda7bede4f02458aaac7723f02a5395402ab83e239ecb9c1f648d47a92d0aa2","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-162","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}