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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

David Carmichael, Respondent,

v.

State of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2015-000424

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal From Richland County The Honorable Robert E. Hood, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2018-MO-008 Submitted February 15, 2018 – Filed February 28, 2018

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General James Clayton Mitchell, III, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Post-Conviction Relief (PCR) court's decision to grant David Carmichael's application for PCR. We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

BEATTY, C.J., KITTREDGE, HEARN, FEW and JAMES, JJ.