THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

The State, Petitioner,

v.

Jon Pierre Lacoste, Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From York County
Wyatt T. Saunders, Jr, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 25622
Heard March 18, 2003 - Filed April 7, 2003

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for Petitioner.

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: After full review of the Appendix and briefs, we dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.

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