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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Mikal J. Ruffin, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal from Cherokee County
 Roger L. Couch, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2011-MO-018
Submitted May 25, 2011 � Filed July 11, 2011

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Raymond Elston MacKay, of Anderson, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan Wilson; Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh; Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott; and Assistant Attorney General Suzanne H. White, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the post-conviction relief court's order denying relief to Petitioner. After careful consideration of the appendix and briefs, the writ of certiorari is

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.