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Publication Proviso 117.21-FY24 Appropriations Act(South Carolina State Library, 2024-06-27) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis is a memorandum from South Carolina Legal Services on how the funds from the Appropriations Act were spent by the organization, the outcome measures used to determine success of their stated goals and their projected budget for FY 23-24.Publication Jury Selection and Batson Motions: A Quick-Reference Trial Guide for South Carolina Criminal Defense Attorneys(South Carolina State Library, 2024) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis quick-reference guide gives details about jury selection and Batson motions for trials.Publication Error Preservation: A Quick-Reference Trial Guide for South Carolina Criminal Defense Attorneys(South Carolina State Library, 2024) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis quick-reference guide gives details about trial procedures.Publication Challenging Identification Evidence: A Quick-Reference Trial Guide for South Carolina Criminal Defense Attorneys(South Carolina State Library, 2024) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis quick-reference guide gives details about challenging identification evidence in trials.Publication [Proviso 117.170 - Pending warrants and public defender recruitment](South Carolina State Library, 2024-01-15) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis is a memorandum from South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense on pending warrants and public defender recruitment.Publication SCCID Voucher Payment Policy [revised](South Carolina State Library, 2021-02-26) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis document describes the payment policy for indigent defense lawyers.Publication Proviso 117.170-FY23 Appropriations Act (South Carolina State Library, 2023-07-15) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis is a memorandum from South Carolina Legal Services on how the funds from the Appropriations Act were spent by the organization, especially relating to the Distribution of Funds, Steps to Retain Employees/New FTEs, and Measures for Reducing the Number of Warrants Pending.Publication Proviso 61.12-FY23 Appropriations Act(South Carolina State Library, 2023-06-29) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis is a memorandum from South Carolina Legal Services on how the funds from the Appropriations Act were spent by the organization, the outcome measures used to determine success of their stated goals, and their projected budget and plans for FY 23-24.Publication Public defense 101 : fundamentals of the profession participant manual(South Carolina State Library, 2023-03-29) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefensePublic Defense 101 covers Fundamentals of Practice for Public Defenders with fewer than 3 years' experience as a public defender. This seminar participant manual will provide useful information from the practical criminal defense perspective and will help to cultivate skills specifically necessary for effective client representation.Publication Proviso 117.21-FY23 Appropriations Act(South Carolina State Library, 2023-06-29) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis is a memorandum from South Carolina Legal Services on how the funds from the Appropriations Act were spent by the organization, the outcome measures used to determine success of their stated goals and their projected budget for FY 22-23.Publication Jury selection and Batson motions: a quick-reference trial guide for South Carolina criminal defense attorneys (South Carolina State Library, 2023-05-23) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis quick-reference guide gives details about jury selection and Batson motions for trials.Publication Guidelines for drafting motions and orders for expert services(South Carolina State Library, 2023-02-13) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseGuidelines for attorneys to get funding authorization for obtaining experts for trial.Publication Error preservation : a quick-reference trial guide for South Carolina criminal defense attorneys(South Carolina State Library, 2023-03-28) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis quick-reference guide gives details about trial procedures.Publication Challenging identification evidence: a quick-reference trial guide for South Carolina criminal defense attorneys(South Carolina State Library, 2022-10-24) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis quick-reference guide gives details about challenging identification evidence in trials.Publication FY 17-18 human resources and FY 18-19 county funding survey as of July 1, 2018(South Carolina State Library, 2018-07-01) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis breaks down the funding sources by judicial circuit and counties for public defenders and employees in those counties of the Commission on Indigent Defense. It also gives title and salaries of employees in the various counties.Publication Error preservation : a quick-reference trial guide for South Carolina criminal defense attorneys(South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-22) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis quick-reference guide gives details about trial procedures.Publication South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense child welfare social worker and family advocate policy(South Carolina State Library, 2022-10-31) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThe South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense (SCCID), working in conjunction with the South Carolina Bar, established the Indigent Defense Contract Attorney Program to provide appointed legal counsel for indigent parents in child welfare (abuse/neglect and termination of parental rights) cases brought by the Department of Social Services (DSS). SCCID oversees the payment of the parents’ attorneys’ fees and the reimbursement of the expenses for other service providers engaged by the appointed contract attorneys.Publication Public defense 101 : fundamentals of the profession participant manual(South Carolina State Library, 2017-01-29) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefensePublic Defense 101 covers Fundamentals of Practice for Public Defenders with fewer than 3 years' experience as a public defender. This seminar participant manual will provide useful information from the practical criminal defense perspective and will help to cultivate skills specifically necessary for effective client representation.Publication Proviso 117.21-FY22 Appropriations Act(South Carolina State Library, 2022-07-01) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThis is a memorandum from South Carolina Legal Services on how the funds from the Appropriations Act were spent by the organization, the outcome measures used to determine success of their stated goals and their projected budget for FY 21-22.Publication Uniform guidelines : election of circuit public defender selection panels, nomination of circuit public defender(South Carolina State Library, 2021-09-17) South Carolina Commission on Indigent DefenseThe 2007 Indigent Defense Act provides that each county must elect its representative(s) from the active licensed attorneys who reside within each county to serve on its Circuit Public Defender Selection Panel. The procedures included in this document have been adopted by the Commission on Indigent Defense for the Election of the Circuit Public Defender Selection Panels and the Nomination of Circuit Public Defenders.