A person to be tried in a municipal court, prior to trial, may demand a jury trial, and the jury, when demanded, must be composed of six persons drawn from the jury list prepared by the jury commissioners from the latest official list furnished to the municipality by the State Election Commission each year in the manner prescribed in Section 14-25-130. The right to a jury trial shall be deemed to have been waived unless demand is made prior to trial.
HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 480, eff January 1, 1981; 2008 Act No. 270, Section 2, eff June 4, 2008.
Editor's Note
This section contains provisions dealing with matters formerly dealt with by Section 14-25-410.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 14-25-25. Eligibility for judgeship; vacancy in office and temporary absence.
Section 14-25-35. Appointment and duties of clerk of court.
Section 14-25-45. Powers, duties, and jurisdiction of municipal courts.
Section 14-25-55. Powers and duties of chief of police and police officers.
Section 14-25-65. Maximum penalties that court may impose; restitution; contempt.
Section 14-25-75. Judge may suspend sentences.
Section 14-25-85. Disposition of fines and penalties.
Section 14-25-95. Appeals to Court of Common Pleas; procedures and time limits.
Section 14-25-115. Appointment of ministerial recorder; powers and duties.
Section 14-25-125. Demand for jury trial; composition of jury.
Section 14-25-135. Jury commissioners.
Section 14-25-145. Commissioners to prepare jury box.
Section 14-25-155. Composition of jury list.
Section 14-25-165. Drawing and composing juries; single trials; trial terms; peremptory challenges.
Section 14-25-170. Drawing and summoning jurors by computer.
Section 14-25-175. Disposition of names drawn.
Section 14-25-180. Essential service to business excuse.
Section 14-25-185. Failure of juror to appear.
Section 14-25-195. Right to record proceedings.
Section 14-25-205. Consolidated political subdivisions.
Section 14-25-250. Municipal judges shall report disposition of each criminal case.
Section 14-25-810. Authority of recorders to suspend sentences.