In determining the number of offenses for the purpose of imposition of sentence, the court shall treat as one offense any number of offenses which have been committed at times so closely connected in point of time that they may be considered as one offense, notwithstanding under the law they constitute separate and distinct offenses.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-25-50
Considering closely connected offenses as one offense
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case State v. Gordon (2003)
Most recently applied in State v. Taylor (December 2011)
1962 Code SECTION 17-553.2; 1955 (49) 179.
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