MO-022 - Smalls v. State

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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Demetrius Smalls, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2017-000850 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI Appeal from Barnwell County Maite Murphy, Circuit Court Judge Memorandum Opinion No. 2019-MO-022 Submitted April 15, 2019 – Filed April 24, 2019 CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: We issued a writ of certiorari to review the post-conviction relief (PCR) court's denial of Petitioner Demetrius Smalls' application for PCR. We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted. DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED. BEATTY, C.J., KITTREDGE, HEARN, FEW and JAMES, JJ., concur.

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