South Carolina Statutory Guidance on DUI

• Corpus delicti
• Felony driving under the influence
• Evidence of driving under the influence
• South Carolina statutory guidance on dui
• The Statutes
• Discovery rule

1.  In all trials and proceedings in any court in which the defendant is charged with violation of any laws which forbid the operation of a vehicle by one while under the influence of intoxicants, drugs or narcotics, copies of the reports required to be filed with the Department by law, when such copies are duly certified as true copies of the original, are prima facie evidence of the information contained on such reports for the purpose of showing any previous conviction of the defendant.
• S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2980 (1976)
2. Any person who, while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or the combination of alcohol and drugs, drives a vehicle and when driving does any act forbidden by law or neglects any duty imposed by law in the driving of the vehicle, which act or neglect proximately causes great bodily injury or death to any person other than himself, is guilty of a felony and must be punished as provided by law, according to whether great bodily injury or death results.
• S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-2945(A)(1976).
3. No part of the mandatory sentences required to be imposed may be suspended, and probation may not be granted for any portion. The Department must suspend the driver's license of any person who is convicted or who receives sentence upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendre to this offense for a period to include any term of imprisonment plus three years.