If the applicant is unable to pay court costs and expenses of representation, including stenographic, printing and legal services, these costs and expenses shall be made available to the applicant in the trial court, and on review, in amounts and to the extent funds are made available to indigent defendants by the General Assembly.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-27-60
Court costs and expenses for indigents
Known as the Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure Act
The act spans §§ 17–17 (16 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Al-Shabazz v. State (2000)
Most recently applied in Hilton v. State (February 2018)
1962 Code SECTION 17-605; 1969 (56) 158.
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Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.