Williams v. State

Justice WALLER:

In this post-conviction relief (PCR) action, petitioner John H. Williams’ appellate counsel filed a Johnson1 petition for a writ of certiorari. We denied counsel’s request to be relieved and directed the parties to address the following question:

Did the PCR judge err in directing, pursuant to In re Maxton, 325 S.C. 3, 478 S.E.2d 679 (1996), the Georgetown County Clerk of Court not to accept any further applications for PCR from petitioner unless he pays the $70 filing fee generally required for the filing of a summons and complaint?

We subsequently granted the petition for a…