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SECTION 17-23-30. Permitting second indictment and trial for same offense.

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SC Code › Title 17 › Chapter 23 › Section 17-23-30

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If a person on his trial be acquitted upon the ground of a variance between the indictment and the proof or upon an exception to the form or substance of the indictment he may be arraigned again on a new indictment and tried and convicted for the same offense, notwithstanding such former acquittal.

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SECTION 17-23-30. Permitting second indictment and trial for same offense. · S.C. Code Ann. § 17-23-30 | Frix