Legal Opinion
Sanders v. S.C. Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided June 20, 2008No. 4419PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIEPER, J.:
This appeal arises from inmate Cleveland Sanders’ challenge of the manner by which payment of a two hundred and fifty dollar DNA processing fee (“fee”), required by statute, was deducted from his E.H. Cooper Trust Fund account (“Account”). We affirm. 1
FACTS
In 1994, the South Carolina Legislature created the State Deoxyribonucleic Acid Identification Record Database Act (“DNA Act”), § 23-3-600 through § 23-3-700 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, requiring certain inmates to provide DNA samples. The DNA Act lists the classes of offenders who are required to give a sample and states…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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