THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Norman J. Hayes, Respondent,

v.

State of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2015-002294

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Lexington County Edward W. Miller, Post-Conviction Relief Judge

Opinion No. 27676 Heard October 20, 2016 – Filed November 9, 2016

CERTIORARI DIMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Patrick Lowell Schmeckpeper, both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Appellate Defender Laura Ruth Baer, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals decision in Hayes v. State, 413 S.C. 553, 777 S.E.2d 6 (Ct. App. 2015).

After careful consideration of the appendices and briefs, the writ of certiorari is DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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