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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Eric Darien, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2016-001685

Appeal From Jasper County R. Lawton McIntosh, Post-Conviction Relief Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2019-MO-011 Submitted February 20, 2019 – Filed February 27, 2019

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

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

Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Christian Saville, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

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