THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court


The State,        Respondent,  

v.

Ui Sun Hudson,        Petitioner.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TO THE COURT OF APPEALS


Appeal From Charleston County
Charles W. Whetstone, Jr., Circuit Court Judge


Opinion No. 25338
Heard June 19, 2001 - Filed August 6, 2001


DISMISSED AS
IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED


John D. Elliott, Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, both of Columbia, and D. Ashley Pennington, of North Charleston, for petitioner.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Robert E. Bogan, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David Price Schwacke, of North Charleston, for respondent.

Lesly A. Bowers, of Columbia, for amicus curiae Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.


PER CURIAM: This Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Hudson, 336 S.C. 237, 519 S.E.2d 577 (Ct. App. 1999). After careful consideration, we now dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED.

s/Jean H. Toal C.J.

s/James E. Moore J.

s/John H. Waller, Jr. J.

s/E.C. Burnett, III J.

s/Costa M. Pleicones J.