S.C. Const. art. I, § 14
- Constitution
- Constitution of South Carolina
- Text as of
- October 2026
What does this section say?
Trial by jury; witnesses; defense. The right of trial by jury shall be preserved inviolate. Any person charged with an offense shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury; to be fully informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to be fully heard in his defense by himself or by his counsel or by both. (1970 (56) 2684; 1971 (57) 315.)
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