Assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct described in the above sections shall be punishable as if the criminal sexual conduct was committed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-656
Criminal sexual conduct; assaults with intent to commit
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case State v. Ervin (1998)
Most recently applied in In re Snow (January 2019)
1977 Act No. 157 SECTION 6; 1978 Act No. 639 SECTION 2.
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