{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-22-3-740","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-740","heading":"Multiple offenses, one act.","body":"Whenever a person be accused of committing an act which is susceptible of being designated as several different offenses the magistrate upon the trial of the person shall be required to elect which charge to prefer and a conviction or an acquittal upon such elected charge shall be a complete bar to further prosecution for such alleged act.","path":["Title 22 - MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES","CHAPTER 3 Jurisdiction and Procedure in Magistrates' Courts","ARTICLE 7 Criminal Procedure Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t22c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:49:09Z","sha256":"c2f70d75cbb82c97748149744401d84437ada4af94fa5afb9c734e97a952269e","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-22-3-730","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-22-3-750"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}