THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Thomas Griffin, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001228

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Horry County D. Craig Brown, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 28200 Heard April 16, 2024 – Filed May 1, 2024

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

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

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in In re Care & Treatment of Griffin, 434 S.C. 338, 863 S.E.2d 346 (Ct. App. 2021). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

BEATTY, C.J., KITTREDGE, FEW, JAMES, JJ., and Acting Justice Jerry D. Vinson, Jr., concur.