{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-20","heading":"Double jeopardy after trial in municipal or magistrates court.","body":"Whenever a municipal court or a magistrates court shall have acquired jurisdiction by reason of a person committing an act which is alleged to be in violation of a municipal ordinance and which is in violation of the criminal law of this State a conviction or an acquittal by the first court acquiring jurisdiction shall be a complete bar to a trial by another court for the same alleged unlawful act or acts.","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":"3e29c042539dc3d8f5824b9f3aeaac1b542b15a7fa7e11fc2ed72451b964ab7d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}