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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Brandon H. Eaton, Respondent,

v.

State of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2017-001973

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal from Spartanburg County R. Ferrell Cothran Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2019-MO-016 Submitted February 15, 2019 – Filed April 3, 2019

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Johnny Ellis James Jr., both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: We issued a writ of certiorari to review the post-conviction relief (PCR) court's grant of Brandon H. Eaton'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.