S.E. 2d
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court
Norman Bryson, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
Appeal From Laurens County
Edward B. Cottingham, Post-Conviction Judge
Opinion No. 24715
Submitted October 28, 1997 Filed - November 17, 1997
VACATED AND REMANDED
Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of the
South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, for
petitioner.
Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy
Attorney General Teresa A. Knox, and Assistant
Attorney General Barbara M. Tiffin, all of Columbia,
for respondent.
PER CURIAM: Petitioner has filed a petition for a writ of
certiorari with this Court in which he maintains the order dismissing his post-
conviction relief application does not comply with S.C. Code Ann. § 17-27-80
(1985) and Rule 52(a), SCRCP, because it does not contain specific findings of
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fact and conclusions of law with regard to each issue raised in his application
and at the hearing thereon. See also Pruitt v. State, 310 S.C. 254, 423 S.E.2d
127 (1992); McCray v. State, 305 S.C. 329, 408 S.E.2d 241 (1991). Petitioner
asks the Court to remand this matter to the post-conviction relief judge to make
proper findings of fact and conclusions of law. The State opposes the request
and submits the order of dismissal properly addresses each issue raised by
petitioner.
We hereby grant the petition for a writ of certiorari, dispense with
further briefing, vacate the order of dismissal, and remand this matter to the
post-conviction relief judge to make specific findings of fact and conclusions of
law as to each issue raised by petitioner in his post-conviction relief application
and at the hearing thereon.
C.J.
A.J.
A.J.
A.J.
Associate Justice James E. Moore, not
participating.
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