Haggins v. State

The State petitioned the Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 227, SCACR, for a writ of certiorari to review a circuit court order granting respondent’s application for post-conviction relief (PCR). The Court of Appeals denied the State’s petition by letter without issuing a formal order or opinion. 1 We granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari made pursuant to Rule 226, SCACR, to review the Court of Appeals’ denial and now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted. We hold that, as a matter of policy, we will not entertain Rule 226 petitions where the Court of Appeals has exercised…