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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State, Respondent, v. William Holmes, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001018

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Charleston County R. Markley Dennis Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 2023-MO-006 Heard December 13, 2022 – Filed March 1, 2023

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Jason Thomas Yonge, of Williams, Stitely & Brink, PC, of Lexington, and Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of Columbia, and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Holmes, Op. No. 2021-UP-249 (S.C. Ct. App. filed June 30, 2021). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted. 1 DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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

Counsel for Petitioner handled this appeal as part of the Appellate Practice Project.

We applaud the professional ability of counsel and admire his willingness to volunteer his time and efforts in representing Petitioner.