S.C. Code § 16-3-28 : CRIMES AND OFFENSES — OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON — HOMICIDE —3-28 - Punishment for murder; right of defendant to make last argument TEXT PDF Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any criminal trial where the maximum penalty is death or in a separate sentencing proceeding following such trial, the defendant and his counsel shall have the right to make the last argument. S.C. Code § 16-3-28 1986 Act No. 462, Section 43; 1977 Act No. 177 Section 5.