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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals Raphael Pontoo, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001217

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal From Lexington County Courtney Clyburn Pope, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-126 Heard April 8, 2025 – Filed April 16, 2025

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Sarah Elizabeth Shipe, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We issued a writ of certiorari to review the post-conviction relief (PCR) court's denial of Raphael Pontoo's application for PCR. We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

KONDUROS, MCDONALD, and VINSON, JJ., concur.