Burton v. State ( 2007 )

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

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Edward Burton, Petitioner,

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State of South Carolina, Respondent.

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ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

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Appeal From Abbeville County
James E. Lockemy, Circuit Court Judge

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Memorandum Opinion No. 2007-MO-073
Submitted December 6, 2007 – Filed December 17, 2007  

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DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

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Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

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PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the post-conviction relief court’s denial of relief to petitioner.  We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, PLEICONES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.