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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

James Bledsoe, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal from Lexington County
Marc E. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge
 L. Casey Manning, Post-Conviction Judge

Memorandum Opinion No.  2008-MO-043
Submitted October 22, 2008 – Filed October 27, 2008 

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley E. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Daniel E. Grigg, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  After careful review of the Appendix and briefs, the writ of certiorari is

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

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