Greeley v. County of York

Finney, Justice:

Appellant County of York contends that the trial judge erred in retroactively applying the Court’s decision in Bailey v. State of South Carolina, — S.C. —, 424 S.E. (2d) 503 (1992) to this case. We agree.

Attorney Leland Greeley was appointed in 1990 to represent the indigent defendant Bobby Lee Holmes in a capital murder case. Holmes was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. At the conclusion of the trial, April 21,1993, Greeley petitioned the trial judge to order York County to pay attorney’s fees and costs in excess of the rates provided by the State Defense of…