Supreme Court of South Carolina July 11, 1990 (Re Exhaustion of State Remedies in Criminal & Postconviction Relief Cases)

ORDER

In 1979, the General Assembly created the South Carolina Court of Appeals for the purpose of reducing South Carolina’s appellate backlog. The Court of Appeals reviews criminal as well as civil appeals and this Court reviews its decisions by writ of certiorari only where special reasons justify the exercise of that power.