{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-80","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-80","heading":"Manner by which persons who have been indicted may be convicted.","body":"No person indicted for an offense shall be convicted thereof unless by confession of his guilt in open court, by admitting the truth of the charge against him by his plea or demurrer, by the verdict of a jury accepted and recorded by the court or as provided in Section 17-23-40.","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":"6df7ced75443fbab09a1f0f3f7f4947c03c2923ce2c4eee73a3b2c1013a48e84","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-60","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-17-23-90"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}