Eighth Circuit Veterans Treatment Court (Newberry County)

Newberry County is in South Carolina’s Eighth Judicial Circuit, whose Solicitor runs a Veterans Court (the Commission on Prosecution Coordination’s 2026 directory) - the Greenwood County Veterans Treatment Court Program the Supreme Court of South Carolina set up as a separate diversionary programme in 2023 - for veterans with pending charges in the circuit; the circuit’s diversion director is reached at 864-942-8800.

Also called: veterans court, veterans treatment court, VTC, diversion, Eighth Circuit, 8th Circuit, Solicitor, Greenwood, Travis W. Moore, 864-942-8800, expungement, Newberry, Prosperity, Little Mountain, Pomaria, Whitmire, Peak, Silverstreet, Chappells.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Newberry County, SCCounty

The court. The South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination's 2026 Directory of South Carolina Diversion Programs and Treatment Courts (December 8, 2025) lists a Veterans Court for the 8th Circuit among the treatment courts the Offices of Circuit Solicitor offer "as alternatives to traditional criminal prosecution. Upon successful completion of a program, related charges are dismissed and may be eligible for expungement." The directory gives the 8th Circuit's diversion contact in Greenwood at 864-942-8800. By S.C. Code section 14-5-610, "The eighth circuit is composed of the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, and Newberry." The order. The Supreme Court of South Carolina's order of July 13, 2023: "the Greenwood County Veterans Treatment Court Program, which was originally established as part of the Eighth Circuit Adult Drug Court Program, shall now operate as a separate diversionary program", with Greenwood County Probate Judge Travis W. Moore presiding. The Veterans Treatment Court Program Act of June 10, 2014 "establishes a diversionary program to be administered by circuit solicitors" to divert "qualifying nonviolent military veteran offenders away from the criminal justice system and into appropriate treatment programs". Asking. Entry is at the Solicitor's discretion; a veteran charged in Newberry County, or the defence lawyer, asks the Eighth Circuit Solicitor's Office. See the South Carolina entry on how solicitors run these courts.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Eighth Circuit Veterans Treatment Court (Newberry County)
Gate	Rule
Justice-involved veteran	The docket serves veterans with pending Eighth Judicial Circuit charges who are accepted by the Solicitor’s Office; a disability rating is not the test.

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Last updated 2026-11-06.

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