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2022 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
Chapter 25 - Judgment And Execution
Section 17-25-20. Punishment for felony when not specially provided.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 17-25-20 (2022)
When no special punishment is provided for a felony, it shall, at the discretion of the court, be by one or more of the following modes, to wit: Confinement in the Penitentiary or in a workhouse or penal farm, when such institutions shall exist, for a period of not less than three months nor more than ten years, with such imposition of hard labor and solitary confinement as may be directed.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-552; 1952 Code Section 17-552; 1942 Code Section 1034; 1932 Code Section 1034; Cr. P. '22 Section 124; Cr. C. '12 Section 103; Cr. C. '02 Section 76; G. S. 2614; R. S. 76; 1865 (13) 406; 1869 (14) 175.
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