Edith v. State

ORDER

By order dated October 31, 2005, the circuit court issued a conditional order of dismissal in this post-conviction relief (PCR) case. This order gave petitioner twenty days to show cause. why the conditional order should not become final. Petitioner did not file a reply to the conditional order of dismissal, and the circuit court issued a final order of dismissal on March 6, 2006. Petitioner has now served and filed a notice of appeal from this last order.

S.C.Code Ann. § 17-27-70(b) (2003) provides for conditional orders of dismissal in PCR actions. It states:

When a court is satisfied,…