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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Allen J. Gathings, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2015-000358

Appeal from Marlboro County Thomas A. Russo, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2019-MO-004 Submitted September 17, 2018 – Filed January 16, 2019

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Susan B. Hackett, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Johnny Ellis James Jr., 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 Allen J. Gathings' 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.