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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

The State, Respondent,

v.

Tavarious Settles, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2018-001662

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Greenwood County Frank R. Addy Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2019-MO-039 Heard October 15, 2019 – Filed October 23, 2019

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

John William Roberts, of Willoughby & Hoefer, PA, and Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, and Assistant Attorney General Caroline M. Scrantom, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David Matthew Stumbo, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We issued a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Settles, Op. No. 2018-UP-214 (S.C. Ct. App. filed May 23, 2018). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

BEATTY, C.J., KITTREDGE, HEARN, FEW and JAMES, JJ., concur.