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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Terrence Mitchell, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal From Richland County
 G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2008-MO-004
Submitted November 15, 2007 – Filed January 14, 2008   

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda H. Carter, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Ashley A. McMahan, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  After careful consideration of the Appendix and briefs, the writ of certiorari is

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, PLEICONES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.