S.C. Code Ann. § 16-1-10

(A) Felonies are classified, for the purpose of sentencing, into the following six categories: (1) Class A felonies (2) Class B felonies (3) Class C felonies (4) Class D felonies (5) Class E felonies (6) Class F felonies (B) Misdemeanors are classified, for the purpose of sentencing, into the following three categories: (1) Class A misdemeanors (2) Class B misdemeanors (3) Class C misdemeanors (C) All offenses with a term of imprisonment of less than one year are misdemeanors and exempt from the classification system. (D) The following offenses are classified as exempt under subsections (A) and (B): Code Commissioner's Note The crime classification tables are added by the Code Commissioner pursuant to Section 2-13-66, and updated annually. Editor's Note 2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7.C, provides: "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29." 2025 Act No. 61, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws."