The period of probation or suspension of sentence shall not exceed a period of five years and shall be determined by the judge of the court and may be continued or extended within the above limit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 24-21-440
Period of probation
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case State v. Oliver (1985)
Most recently applied in State v. Miller (April 2011)
1962 Code SECTION 55-594; 1952 Code SECTION 55-594; 1942 Code SECTION 1038-4; 1942 (42) 1456; 1949 (46) 311; 1991 Act No. 134, SECTION 15.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.