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16-3-28 – 16-3-28 | South Carolina Law

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16-3-28 – 16-3-28

South Carolina Code of Laws § 16-3-28

Summary
SECTION 16-3-28. Punishment for murder; right of defendant to make last argument. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any criminal trial where the maximum penalty is death or in a separate sentencing proceeding following such trial, the defendant and his counsel shall have the right to make the last argument. HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 177 SECTION 5; 1986 Act No. 462, SECTION 43.
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