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2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 19 - Evidence
Chapter 11 - Competency Of Witnesses
Section 19-11-50. Testimony of defendant in criminal cases.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 19-11-50 (2019)
The testimony of a defendant in a criminal case shall not be afterwards used against the defendant in any other criminal case, except upon an indictment for perjury founded on that testimony.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 26-405; 1952 Code Section 26-405; 1942 Code Sections 1011, 1012; 1932 Code Sections 1011, 1012; Cr. P. '22 Sections 97, 98; Cr. C. '12 Sections 90, 91; Cr. C. '02 Sections 64, 65; G. S. 2642, 2644; R. S. 63, 65; 1866 (13) 378; 1995 Act No. 104, Section 4, eff September 3, 1995.
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