*1 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State, Respondent,

v.

Gerald Barrett, Jr., Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2016-001306

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS Appeal From Beaufort County The Honorable Kristi Lea Harrington, Circuit Court

Judge Opinion No. 27752 Heard November 15, 2017 – Filed November 22, 2017

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY

GRANTED Appellant Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., both of Columbia, and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III, of Bluffton, all for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted Gerald Barrett's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Barrett , 416 S.C. 124, 785 S.E.2d 387 (Ct. App. 2016). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted. DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

HEARN, Acting Chief Justice, FEW and JAMES, JJ., and Acting Justices Arthur Eugene Morehead, III, and Jan B. Bromell Holmes, concur.