S.C. Code § 17-24-30

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.

Section 17-24-30 - Form of verdict

In a prosecution for a crime when the affirmative defense of insanity is raised sufficiently by the defendant, or when sufficient evidence of a mental disease or defect of the defendant is admitted into evidence, the trier of fact shall find under the applicable law, and the verdict must so state, whether the defendant is:

(1) guilty;

(2) not guilty;

(3) not guilty by reason of insanity; or

(4) guilty but mentally ill.

S.C. Code § 17-24-30

1989 Act No. 93, Section 3; 1988 Act No. 323, Section 3; 1984 Act No. 396, Section 3.