Murder in South Carolina law constitutes the intentional killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state of South Carolina.
[2] It is codified in SC Code § 16-3-20 but it is largely the creation of the state judiciary.
[2] South Carolina is one of the few jurisdictions to require malice as an element for felony murder.
The South Carolina Supreme Court recommended juries be permitted to infer the malice from some particular felonious purpose.
[4] Co-felons are held liable in South Carolina for "any homicide that is the 'probable or natural consequence of the acts which were done in pursuance of this common design.