If any person shall forfeit a recognizance from ignorance or unavoidable impediment and not from wilful default, the court of sessions may, on affidavit stating the excuse or cause thereof, remit the whole or any part of the forfeiture as may be deemed reasonable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-15-180
Court may remit forfeiture in certain cases
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Boatwright (1992)
Most recently applied in State v. Mitchell (November 2017)
1962 Code SECTION 17-312; 1952 Code SECTION 17-312; 1942 Code SECTION 1044; 1932 Code SECTION 1044; Cr
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