South Carolina Code 17-22-30. Circuit solicitors to establish pretrial intervention programs; oversight of administrative procedures
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(A) Each circuit solicitor shall have the prosecutorial discretion as defined herein and shall as a matter of such prosecutorial discretion establish a pretrial intervention program in the respective circuits.
(B) The circuit solicitors are specifically endowed with and shall retain all discretionary powers under the common law.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 17-22-30
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- prosecutorial discretion: shall mean the power of the circuit solicitor to consider all circumstances of criminal proceedings and to determine whether any legal action is to be taken and, if so taken, of what kind and degree and to what conclusion. See South Carolina Code 17-22-20
(C) A pretrial intervention program shall be under the direct supervision and control of the circuit solicitor; however, he may contract for services with any agency desired.
(D) The South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination shall oversee administrative procedures for the Circuit Solicitors’ Pretrial Intervention Programs.