THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

The State,        Petitioner,

v.

Leonard Brown,        Respondent.

    ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OS APPEALS

Appeal From Aiken County
Rodney A. Peeples, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 25749
Heard November 5, 2003 - Filed November 10, 2003

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Teresa A. Knox, Deputy Director for Legal Services,

Legal Counsel Tommy Evans, Jr., and Legal Counsel J. Benjamin Aplin, all of S.C. Dept. of Probation, Parole & Pardon Services, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Brown, 349 S.C. 414, 563 S.E.2d 339 (Ct. App. 2002). After careful consideration of the Appendix and briefs, we dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted.

Certiorari Dismissed as Improvidently Granted.

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