Terms Used In South Carolina Code 61-4-140

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Person: includes an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, limited liability company, receiver, association, company, corporation, or any other group. See South Carolina Code 61-2-100
A person who drinks beer or wine or possesses beer or wine in an open container between the hours of twelve o’clock Saturday night and sunrise Monday morning at a place licensed to sell beer or wine is considered guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days.