THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Supreme Court

The State, Respondent,

v.

Darren Scott, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2013-002247

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Greenville County G. Edward Welmaker, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 27539

Heard April 22, 2015 – Filed July 1, 2015

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek and Appellate Defender David Alexander, both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' opinion in State v. Scott, 405 S.C. 489, 748 S.E.2d 236 (Ct. App. 2013). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TOAL, C.J., BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur. PLEICONES, J., concurring in result only.