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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Altony Brooks, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2015-001610

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal From Berkeley County The Honorable W. Jeffrey Young, Post-Conviction Relief Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2018-MO-007 Submitted October 18, 2017 – Filed February 28, 2018

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Justin Hunter, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the post-conviction relief (PCR) court's dismissal of Petitioner Altony Brooks' application for PCR. We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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