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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Travis Montre Smith, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2013-001696

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal from Spartanburg County The Honorable J. Mark Hayes, II, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 2015-MO-066 Submitted October 15, 2015 – Filed November 18, 2015

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan M. Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Karen C. Ratigan, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the dismissal of Travis Montre Smith's application for post-conviction relief. We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

TOAL, C.J., BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur. PLEICONES, J., not participating.