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Simpson v. State

Citations

  • 495 S.E.2d 429
  • 329 S.C. 43
  • 1998 S.C. LEXIS 10

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  • recognizing that the appeals in habeas matters increased between 1950 and 1970 apparently in response to United States Supreme Court decisions relating to the exhaustion of state remedies requirement for federal habeas corpus relief
  • holding a party may not petition for a writ of habeas corpus before the circuit or other lower courts of this State, where the claim is cognizable under the PCR statutes
  • stating under our state constitution, this Court retains the ability to entertain petitions seeking habeas relief in our original jurisdiction (citing S.C. Const. art. V, § 5)
  • \[A] matter which is cognizable under the Act may not be raised by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus before the circuit or other lower courts.\
  • \[A] matter which is cognizable under the Act may not be raised by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus before the circuit court or other lower courts.\
  • \[A] matter which is cognizable under the Act may not be raised by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus before the circuit court or other lower courts.\

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Judges: Per Curiam

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