All grounds for relief available to an applicant under this chapter must be raised in his original, supplemental or amended application. Any ground finally adjudicated or not so raised, or knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived in the proceeding that resulted in the conviction or sentence or in any other proceeding the applicant has taken to secure relief, may not be the basis for a subsequent application, unless the court finds a ground for relief asserted which for sufficient reason was not asserted or was inadequately raised in the original, supplemental or amended application.
S.C. Code Ann. § 17-27-90
Grounds for relief
Known as the Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure Act
The act spans §§ 17–17 (16 sections).
Applied in 39 court decisions — leading case Al-Shabazz v. State (2000)
Most recently applied in Mikal Mahdi v. Bryan Stirling (December 2021)
1962 Code SECTION 17-608; 1969 (56) 158.
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