Long v. State ( 2008 )

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

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Gary J. Long, Jr., Petitioner,

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State of South Carolina, Respondent.

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ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

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Appeal From Sumter County
Thomas W. Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

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Opinion No.  2008-MO-032
Submitted June 26, 2008 – Filed July 14, 2008 

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DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

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Keir M. Weyble, of Blume Weyble & Norris, LLC, of Columbia, for petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster,Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Lance S. Boozer, of Columbia, for respondent.

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PER CURIAM: We granted this petition for a writ of certiorari to review the circuit court’s order denying petitioner’s post-conviction relief application.  After careful consideration, we now dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER and PLEICONES, JJ., concur. BEATTY, J., not participating.