THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Supreme Court The State, Respondent, v. Demetrius Price, Petitioner. Appellate Case No. 2012-213426 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Beaufort County

Thomas W. Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 27470 Heard November 20, 2014 – Filed December 23, 2014

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in State v. Price, 400 S.C. 110, 732 S.E.2d 652 (Ct. App. 2012). After careful consideration of the briefs, record, and appendix, the writ of certiorari is DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED. PLEICONES, Acting Chief Justice, BEATTY, HEARN, JJ., Acting Justice James E. Moore and Acting Justice Paul M. Burch, concur.