THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Supreme Court

The State, Respondent,

v.

Christopher Heller, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212983

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Richland County

The Honorable J. C. Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 27461

Heard October 7, 2014 – Filed October 29, 2014

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of

Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan M. Wilson, Chief Deputy

Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant

Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant

Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry, and Solicitor Daniel

E. Johnson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted Christopher Heller's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Heller, 399 S.C. 157, 731 S.E.2d 312 (Ct. App. 2012). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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