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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State, Respondent, v. Kevin Shane Epting, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212346

Appeal from Laurens County D. Garrison Hill, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2014-MO-040 Heard September 25, 2014 – Filed October 22, 2014

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: After careful review of the record, appendix, and briefs, the writ of certiorari is DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.