THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State, Respondent, v. Demario Monte Thompson, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2017-001992

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Lancaster County Brian M. Gibbons, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 27878 Heard March 28, 2019 – Filed April 3, 2019

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Joanna K. Delany, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, and Solicitor Douglas A. Barfield, Jr., of Kershaw, all for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted Demario Thompson's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Thompson, 420 S.C. 386, 803 S.E.2d 44 (Ct. App. 2017). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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