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

Appellate Case No. 2016-002304

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

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

Memorandum Opinion No. 2019-MO-031 Heard June 11, 2019 – Filed June 19, 2019

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter and Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Hunter Limbaugh, of Columbia, for Respondent.

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