South Carolina · South Carolina Code — Title 16, Crimes; Title 44 Controlled Substances
S.C. Code (Crimes) § 44-53-460: Reduced sentence for accommodation offenses
What this law says, in plain English
A person convicted of drug delivery or possession with intent to deliver may request a hearing to prove the offense was purely an accommodation without profit motive, potentially reducing their sentence to that of a lesser drug offense.
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