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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals Jalen T. Badger, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2019-001183

Appeal From Aiken County R. Lawton McIntosh, Plea Judge J. Cordell Maddox, Jr., Post-Conviction Relief Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-085 Submitted March 1, 2024 – Filed March 20, 2024

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Danielle Dixon, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We issued a writ of certiorari to review the post-conviction relief (PCR) court's denial of Jalen T. Badger's application for PCR. We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.1 THOMAS, MCDONALD, and VERDIN, JJ., concur.

We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.