S.C. Code Ann. § 14-7-230
Methods for drawing names of jurors
Effective Feb 3, 20061962 Code Section 38-65; 1952 Code Section 38-65; 1942 Code Section 630-1; 1933 (38) 285; 1971 (57) 83; 1985 Act No. 27, eff March 25, 1985; 1976 Code Section 14-7-270; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986; 2006 Act No. 224, Section 2, eff February 3, 2006.
The clerk of court must use one of the following methods for drawing the names of jurors for the purpose of impaneling a jury:
- (1) drawing of the names of jurors by a responsible and impartial person designated by the clerk of court, with the approval of the presiding judge; or
- (2) drawing of the names of jurors by computer, subject to the provisions of Section 14-7-140.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-65; 1952 Code Section 38-65; 1942 Code Section 630-1; 1933 (38) 285; 1971 (57) 83; 1985 Act No. 27, eff March 25, 1985; 1976 Code Section 14-7-270; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986; 2006 Act No. 224, Section 2, eff February 3, 2006.
Editor's Note
Prior Laws: Former Section 14-7-230 was titled Drawing of petit jurors, see now, Section 14-7-200.