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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Michael Tompai, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2016-001820

Appeal From Horry County Paul M. Burch, Post-Conviction Relief Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2019-MO-002 Submitted December 17, 2018 – Filed January 4, 2019

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

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

Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Johnny Ellis James, Jr., all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We issued a writ of certiorari to review the post-conviction relief (PCR) court's denial of Michael Tompai'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., concur.