Supreme Court of South Carolina· 3/7/2005

State v. Gentry

Citations

610 S.E.2d 494
363 S.C. 93
2005 S.C. LEXIS 69

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holding that issues related to subject matter jurisdiction may not be waived and may be raised at any time
holding that presentment of an indictment is not needed to confer subject matter jurisdiction, but an indictment is needed to give notice to the defendant of the charge against him
holding that indictments’ failure to allege the element of “absence from the scene of the crime” deprived the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction to hear accessory before the fact charges was not preserved for review on appeal
holding that indictments’ failure to allege the element of “absence from the scene of the crime” deprived the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction to hear accessory before the fact charges was not preserved for review on appeal
explaining that challenging the sufficiency of an indictment does not raise the issue of subject matter jurisdiction
holding a challenge to the indictment on the ground of insufficiency must be made before the jury is sworn

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Judges: Moore, Pleicones, Toal, Waller, Burnett

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