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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Eddie Pilcher, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2014-000406

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal from Spartanburg County J. Derham Cole, Post-Conviction Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2016-MO-008 Submitted February 16, 2016 – Filed March 30, 2016

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Alicia A. Olive, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: After careful consideration of the Appendix and briefs, the writ of certiorari is

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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