2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 14 - Courts
Chapter 7 - Juries And Jurors In Circuit Courts
Section 14-7-380. Punishment of jury commissioners guilty of fraud.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 14-7-380 (2020)

If any member of the board of jury commissioners is guilty of fraud, either (a) by practicing on the jury box previously to a draft, (b) in drawing a juror, (c) in returning into the jury box the name of any juror which has been lawfully drawn out and drawing or substituting another in his stead, or (d) in any other way in the drawing of jurors, he must be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding two years in a state correctional institution.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-84; 1952 Code Section 38-84; 1942 Code Section 1573; 1932 Code Section 1573; Cr. C. '22 Section 521; Cr. C. '12 Section 590; Cr. C. '02 Section 433; G. S. 2238; R. S. 346; 1871 (14) 694; 1976 Code Section 14-7-450; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.

Editor's Note

Provisions relative to issuance of venires for additional jurors, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in Section 14-7-310.

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