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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State, Respondent, v. Shane Alexander Washington, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2020-000567

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Abbeville County R. Lawton McIntosh, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2021-MO-005 Heard April 13, 2021 – Filed April 21, 2021

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Lara Mary Caudy, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Senior Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, both of Columbia; and 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. Washington, Op. No. 2020-UP-003 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Jan. 8, 2020). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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