S.C. Code Ann. § 14-7-230
Methods for drawing names of jurors
Effective Feb 3, 20061962 Code Section 38-61; 1952 Code Section 38-61; 1942 Code Section 610; 1932 Code Section 610; Civ. P. '22 Section 550; Civ. C. '12 Section 4019; 1902 (23) 1066; 1916 (29) 820; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1953 (48) 45, 185, 444; 1955 (49) 60, 76, 269, 651; 1958 (50) 1961; 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 38-61; 1952 Code Section 38-61; 1942 Code Section 610; 1932 Code Section 610; Civ. P. '22 Section 550; Civ. C. '12 Section 4019; 1902 (23) 1066; 1916 (29) 820; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1953 (48) 45, 185, 444; 1955 (49) 60, 76, 269, 651; 1958 (50) 1961; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986; 2006 Act No. 224, Section 2, eff February 3, 2006.