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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

The State, Respondent,

v.

Demetrice Roosevelt James, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2017-000700

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Richland County John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-MO-020 Heard May 3, 2018 – Filed May 23, 2018

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Assistant Attorney General V. Henry Gunter, Jr., and Solicitor Daniel E. Johnson, all of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: We issued a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. James, Op. No. 2017-UP-028 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Jan. 11, 2017). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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