Title 5, Chapter 6, Section 4
( 5-6-4)
The bill of costs for every application to the Supreme Court for a
writ of certiorari or for applications for appeals filed in the
Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals or appeals to the Supreme
Court or the Court of Appeals shall be $80.00. The costs shall be
paid by counsel for the applicant or appellant at the time of the
filing of the application or, in the case of direct appeals, at the
time of the filing of the original brief of the appellant. In those
cases in which the writ of certiorari or an application for appeal
is granted, there shall be no additional costs. Costs shall not be
required in those instances when at the time the same are due
counsel for the applicant or appellant shall file a statement that
an affidavit of indigence has been duly filed or file an affidavit
that he or she was appointed to represent the defendant by the trial
court because of the defendant's indigency. The clerk is prohibited
from receiving the application for appeal or the brief of the
appellant unless the costs have been paid or a sufficient affidavit
of indigence is filed or contained in the record. |