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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Clay A. Blake, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2010-155846

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal From Georgetown County Benjamin H. Culbertson, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2012-MO-025 Submitted May 2, 2012 – Filed June 27, 2012

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Christina J. Catoe, 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., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.