Malik Abdul Al-Shabazz, Petitioner v. State of South Carolina, Respondent

Summary

The court held that post-conviction relief is generally limited to collateral attacks on the validity of a conviction or sentence, except for two specified statutory matters. Claims concerning good-time credits, custody status, solitary confinement, and other prison conditions must instead proceed through the Department of Corrections' administrative process, followed by review under the Administrative Procedures Act. The court vacated the summary dismissal and remanded for those proceedings. FINNEY, Chief Justice, concurring, agreed only with the result and would have treated the statutory provision concerning persons otherwise unlawfully held in custody as encompassing petitioner's claims.