THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State of South Carolina, Petitioner, v. Tony Latrell Kinard, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2019-001604

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Newberry County Donald B. Hocker, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 27955 Heard March 11, 2020 – Filed March 18, 2020

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch Jr., both of Columbia; and Solicitor David Matthew Stumbo, of Greenwood, all for Petitioner.

Richard James Dolce, of Richard J. Dolce, Attorney at Law, and Michael Vincent Laubshire, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We issued a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Kinard, 427 S.C. 367, 831 S.E.2d 138 (Ct. App. 2019). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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