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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Bruce Wilson, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2013-001275

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal from Richland County James C. Williams, Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2015-MO-038 Submitted June 15, 2015 – Filed June 24, 2015

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

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

Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Attorney General J. Clayton Mitchell, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Petitioner's first application for post-conviction relief was denied by Judge Williams. No notice of appeal was filed. Petitioner sought a writ of certiorari from an order issued by Judge Newman denying Petitioner a belated review of Judge Williams' order pursuant to Austin v. State, 305 S.C. 453, 409 S.E.2d 395 (1991). This Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari from Judge Newman's order, dispensed with further briefing, and issued a writ of certiorari to review Judge Williams' order. We have carefully considered the briefs and applicable law, and we now dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

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