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HOUSE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Commission on Indigent Defense
LOC Subcommittee: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Subcommittee
LOC Subcommittee Chair: Hon. Edward R. Tallon Sr.
LOC Subcommittee Members: Hon. Robert Q. Williams; Hon. Jeffrey E. "Jeff" Johnson; Hon. Micajah P. “Micah” Caskey, IV
Agency Website: SCCID
Agency Head: J. Hugh Ryan III
Study Contact: Rodney Grizzle
Contact Email: rgrizzle@sccid.sc.gov
Responses to online surveys posted on this Committee's webpage are provided verbatim as they were received by the Committee. They are not the comments or expression of the House Legislative Oversight Committee, any of its Subcommittees, or the House of Representatives.
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Meetings
Full Legislative Oversight Committee
Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Full Legislative Oversight Committee - Public Input
Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Legislative Oversight Committee
- Reports, Recommendations, and Implementation
- Subcommittee Study
- Full Committee Study
- Agency Reports
- Seven-Year Plan Reports
- Annual Restructuring Reports and Accountability Reports
- 2016 Annual Restructuring Report
- 2015-16 Agency Accountability Report
- 2016-17 Agency Accountability Report
- 2017-18 Agency Accountability Report
- 2018-19 Agency Accountability Report
- 2019-20 Agency Accountability Report
- 2020-21 Agency Accountability Report
- 2021-22 Agency Accountability Report
- 2022-23 Agency Accountability Report
- Program Evaluation Report
- Program Evaluation Report Guidelines and Templates (January 23, 2018)
- Program Evaluation Report Extension Request and Response (March 9, 2018)
- Program Evaluation Report (March 16, 2018)
- Annual Requests for Information (RFI)
- Public Survey
- Press Release Announcing Public Survey (January 23, 2018)
- Survey Results (January 23 through March 1, 2018)
- Public Input Meeting
- Statewide Media Release Inviting the Public to Provide Testimony about Six Agencies Under Study (February 9, 2018)
- Statewide Media Release Inviting the Public to Provide Testimony about Three Agencies Under Study (April 3, 2018)
- Public Input received via House Legislative Oversight Committee webpage
- Letter from Oversight Committee to Indigent Defense (January 22, 2018)
- Letter from Oversight Subcommittee to SCCID (May 9, 2018)
- Letter from SCCID to Oversight Subcommittee (June 5, 2018)
- Letter from Oversight Subcommittee to SCCID (August 17, 2018)
- Letter from Oversight Subcommittee to interested parties (August 27, 2018
- S.C. Summary Court Judges Association (SCSCJA); and
- S.C. Clerks of Court and Register of Deeds Association (SCCCROD).
- Letter from SCCID to Oversight Subcommittee (August 28, 2018)
- Letter from Oversight Subcommittee to SCCID (August 30, 2018)
- Letter from SCCID to Oversight Subcommittee with attachments (Sept. 7, 2018)
- History
- Governing body
- Organization
- Organizational Charts and Units
- Organizational Charts (August 2016, March 2017, July 2017)
- Organizational Unit details (as of March 2018) - Excel
- Organizational Unit details (as of March 2018) - PDF
- Circuit Public Defenders
- Oath of Office for Circuit Public Defenders
- Election of circuit public defenders by the selection panel (revised and republished April 25, 2008)
- Election of selection panel members (revised and republished April 25, 2008)
- Turnover rates for circuit public defender offices in fiscal years 2015-16 through 2017-18
- Contract Attorneys (Rule 608)
- Selection and payment of Rule 608 contract attorneys
- Criminal representation - sample contract
- Family Court representation - sample contract
- Evaluations of Employees
- Sample Employee Performance Management System (EPMS) Report for an Administrative Coordinator II
- Sample EPMS report for an Attorney II
- Exit Interview Questionnaires
- State Human Resources Data
- Other Employee Information
- Overview of Courts, Violations, and Cases
- Types of courts, cases heard, and who represents prosecution and defense
- Types of violations and the different courts in which they can be addressed
- Types of cases, including flow charts and actions to seek justice
- List of Products and Services
- Indigency Screening
- Agency memo on screening required by proviso 117.142 (November 2017)
- Overview of different processes utilized by counties (August 2018)
- Entities who may have information to improve the efficiency of screening
- Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) information
- Department of Revenue (DOR) information
- Department of Social Services (DSS) information
- Department of Insurance information
- Options for a statewide indigency screening model
- Greenville model details
- SCCID's recommended model
- Diversion Programs
- Data Analysis
- Statewide case management system
- Public Defender Database - Information tracked
- Human Resources and County Funding Survey (July 1, 2017)
- Number of cases, clients, charges by county and court type (FY15-16 and 16-17)
- Year-end Caseload Data Report - Division of Appellate Defense (FY 2017-2018)
- Year-end Report for the Capital Trial Division (FY 2017-2018)
- Legal Representation
- Average amount spent by the state, per indigent defendant
- Procedure for applying for public defender services
- Affidavit of indigency and application for counsel (current as of May 2018)
- Sample Training Materials
- Goals
- Goals and resources utilized on each (2016-17 and 2017-18) - Excel
- Goals and resources utilized on each (2016-17 and 2017-18) - PDF
- Revenue and Spending
- Cost Savings in York County (2013-2017)
- Sources of funds and amounts spent from each (2016-17 and 2017-18)
- Human Resources and County Funding Survey (July 1, 2017)
- Human Resources and County Funding Survey (July 1, 2018)
- Revenue and expense summary by judicial circuit and county
- FY16-17 Circuit Public Defenders Revenue Report Summary (August 25, 2017)
- FY16-17 Circuit Public Defenders Expense Report Summary (August 25, 2017)
- FY15-16 Circuit Public Defenders Revenue Report Summary (February 27, 2017)
- FY15-16 Circuit Public Defenders Expense Report Summmary (February 27, 2017)
- Revenue and Expenditures for Solicitor and Circuit Public Defender Offices compiled by Oversight Staff - Excel
- Average amount spent by the state, per indigent defendant
- Annual Summary Spending
- Monthly Detail Spending
- Spending By Vendor
- Performance
- External Reports, Reviews, Audits, and Studies
- External reviews of agency in 2016-17
- External reports agency completes (current as of March 2018)
- Reports required by Budget Provisos
- Screening of applicants for indigent defense representation study memo
- FY16-17 Circuit Public Defenders Expense Report Summary
- FY16-17 Circuit Public Defenders Revenue Report Summary
- FY16-17 Fine and Fee revenue collected directly by the agency
- FY15-16 Circuit Public Defenders Expense Report Summary
- FY15-16 Circuit Public Defenders Revenue Report Summary
- FY 15-16 Fine and Fee revenue collected directly by the agency
- FY 14-15 Fine and Fee revenue collected directly by the agency
- FY 13-14 Fine and Fee revenue collected directly by the agency
- Internal Audits
- Other Internal Reports and Information
- Investigators
- Investigator Application
- Investigator Policies - Capital and Non-Capital
- Private Investigations - Frequently Asked Questions (8-18-2005)
- Attorney Payment
- List of all laws and regulations the agency asserts is applicable to it (as of March 2018) - Excel
- List of all laws and regulations the agency asserts is applicable to it (as of March 2018) - PDF
- SC Indigent Defense Act of 2007 (Effective June 21, 2007)
- Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
- Budget Provisos and related reports
- 2017-2018 Budget Provisos
- 2016-2017 Budget Provisos
- 2015-2016 Budget Provisos
- 2014-2015 Budget Provisos
- 2013-2014 Budget Provisos
- SC Practice Rules
In 2016 the Oversight Committee worked with the Executive Budget Office to combine the information sought in the Annual Restructuring Report and Annual Accountability Report, into one report.
Public Survey and Public Input
Correspondence
The Oversight Committee notifies the agency it has been selected for study.
The Subcommittee sent this letter after its May 1, 2018 Subcommittee meeting. The letter requests additional information about the following topics: (1) information by court; (2) costs; and (3) employee evaluations.
SCCID responds to the Subcommittee's May 9, 2018 letter, which requested information on the following topics: (1) information by court; (2) costs; and (3) employee evaluations.
The Subcommittee sent this letter after its August 14, 2018 Subcommittee meeting. The letter requests additional information about the following topics: (1) information by court; (2) laws; (3) commission meetings; (4) diversion programs; (5) data and reports; (6) capital trial division; (7) technology and equipment; and (8) indigency screening.
The Subcommittee sends this letter after its August 20, 2018 meeting, during which the following topics were discussed: immunity for solicitors to provide law enforcement advice; county investigative grand juries; and evidence databases. The same letter was sent to the following entities:
The agency requests an extension until September 10, 2018 to provide responses to the questions in the Subcommittee's August 17, 2018 letter.
The Subcommittee sent this letter after its August 28, 2018 Subcommittee meeting. The letter requests additional information about the following topics: (1) turnover; (2) case management system; (3) records management; and (4) agency recommendations for law changes.
The agency provides a response to the Subcommittee's August 17, 2018 letter and August 30, 2018 letter. These letters seek additional information about the following topics: (1) information by court; (2) laws; (3) commission meetings; (4) diversion programs; (5) data and reports; (6) capital trial division; (7) technology and equipment; (8) indigency screening; (9) turnover; (10) case management system; (11) records management; and (12) agency recommendations for law changes.
History and Organization of Agency
The documents below are provided by the Division of State Human Resources based on information the agency inputs into the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS). The aggregated data about agency employees includes, but is not limited to, (1) Number of authorized, filled and vacant positions; (2) Education level; (3) Race by Generation; (4) Gender by Generation; (5) Number of full time equivalent employees by funding source; (6) Number of Service and TERI employees at the agency; (7) Number of employees eligible to retire in five years; (8) Number of Trial and Probationary employees by generation; (9) Average salary by payband; (10) Number of certified public manager graduates at the agency; etc.
Services and Products of Agency
Goals, Spending, and Performance of Agency
Agency provides this as the only study it is aware of which identifies potential cost savings if there were additional attorneys available to represent indigent defendants. This is York County Circuit Public Defender Office’s five year study of cost savings associated with having a public defender assigned to address client cases in the county jail.
The Commission on Indigent Defense and Prosecution Coordination Commission are required, starting in 2016-17, to provide detailed expenditure reports and associated revenue streams from the previous year for each individual circuit. Revenue streams are to include, but not be limited to, state funds, local funds, federal funds, and also nongovernmental sources of funds. (See Proviso 117.110, General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2016-17 and Proviso 117.109, General Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2017-18).
Partners of Agency
Other Reports, Reviews, and Audits
Agency Policies and Guidelines
Laws and Regulations related to the Agency