South Carolina Code 38-53-55. Contact with victim violations
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 38-53-55
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Electronic monitoring: means monitoring a person by the use of a device which records or transmits oral or wire communications or an auditory sound, visual images, or information regarding the person's activities. See South Carolina Code 38-53-10
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: means a corporation, agency, partnership, association, voluntary organization, individual, or another entity, organization, or aggregation of individuals. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
When a person engaged in electronic monitoring of a defendant charged with a violent offense as defined by § 16-1-60 becomes aware that the defendant has had contact with the alleged victim of the violent offense or with the immediate family of the alleged victim of the violent offense, he must immediately or within twenty-four hours, notify law enforcement, the solicitor, and the court having jurisdiction over the defendant of the contact.