Opinion
July 15, 2003
ORDER
In all appellate proceedings in which the Office of Appellate Defense provides legal counsel or is associated for costs, the following shall apply:
(1) Appeals.
(a) The thirty (30) day period for serving and filing appellant's initial brief and designation of matter under Rule 208(a)(1), SCACR, shall be increased to sixty (60) days.
(b) The thirty (30) day period of serving and filing respondent's initial brief and designation of matter under Rule 208(a)(2), SCACR, shall be increased to forty-five (45) days.(2) Post-Conviction Relief Cases.
(a) The ten (10) day period to order the transcript as provided by Rule 227(b) and 207(a), SCACR, shall be increased to thirty (30) days.
(b) The thirty (30) day period for serving and filing the petition for certiorari and appendix under Rule 227(c), SCACR, shall be increased to sixty (60) days.
(c) The thirty (30) day period for serving and filing the return under Rule 227(f), SCACR, shall be increased to forty-five (45) days.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Jean H. Toal C.J. s/James E. Moore J. s/John H. Waller, Jr. J. s/E. C. Burnett, III J. s/Costa M. Pleicones J.
Columbia, South Carolina July 15, 2003