State v. Purnell

Full title: The State, Respondent, v. Wayland Purnell, Petitioner.

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Date published: Jul 24, 2019

Appellate Case No. 2017-001920 (S.C. Jul. 24, 2019)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2017-001920 Opinion No. 2019-MO-032

07-24-2019

The State, Respondent, v. Wayland Purnell, Petitioner.

Appellate Defender Lara M. Caudy, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Vann Henry Gunter, Jr. and Interim Solicitor Heather S. Weiss, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Richland County
Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Appellate Defender Lara M. Caudy, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Vann Henry Gunter, Jr. and Interim Solicitor Heather S. Weiss, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM : We granted Wayland Purnell's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Purnell, Op. No. 2017-UP-272 (S.C. Ct. App. filed July 5, 2017). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

BEATTY, C.J., HEARN, FEW and JAMES, JJ., and Acting Justice Paul E. Short, concur.