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1989 vol. 66 pt. II 1593 (1989)

handle is hein.ssl/sssc0045 and id is 1 raw text is: Local and Temporary Laws.-1989
PART II
Local and Temporary
No. 203
(R40, S246)
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT
TO SECTION 22, ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION
OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO GRAND
JURIES, PETIT    JURIES, AND     THE   STATE    GRAND
JURY, AND     TO  SECTION    11, ARTICLE   I OF    THE
CONSTITUTION, RELATING         TO   INDICTMENTS     BY
COUNTY    GRAND    JURIES AND     THE STATE GRAND
JURY, SO AS TO RESTRICT THE JURISDICTION OF
THE STATE     GRAND    JURY TO    CRIMES INVOLVING
NARCOTICS, DANGEROUS DRUGS, OR           CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES AND       CRIMES INVOLVING      OBSCENITY
OR ANY ATTEMPT, SOLICITATION, OR CONSPIRACY
TO   COMMIT     ANY   OF   THESE    CRIMES    IF   THE
CRIMES    ARE   OF   A  MULTI-COUNTY      NATURE    OR
HAVE   TRANSPIRED, ARE TRANSPIRING, OR           HAVE
SIGNIFICANCE     IN  MORE   THAN    ONE   COUNTY    OF
THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina:
Jurisdiction of state grand jury proposed
SECTION    1.  It is proposed that Section 22, Article V
of the Constitution of this State be amended to read:
Section 22.  The petit jury of the Circuit Court shall
consist of twelve members and the number of jurors of
other courts must be determined by law.    All jurors in
any trial court must agree to a verdict in order to render
the same.  The grand jury of each county, and the state
grand jury, as the General Assembly may establish by
general law, shall consist of eighteen members, twelve of
whom must agree in a matter before it can be submitted
to the court.  The jurisdiction of the state grand jury is
restricted to crimes involving narcotics, dangerous drugs,

No. 203)

OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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