State v. Tucker

Full title: The STATE, Respondent, v. Lawrence TUCKER, Petitioner

Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina

Date published: Dec 7, 2009

686 S.E.2d 683 (S.C. 2009)

686 S.E.2d 683

Opinion

No. 26746.

Heard November 30, 2009.

Decided December 7, 2009.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS.

Appeal From Calhoun County; James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge.

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This Court granted Lawrence Tucker's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Tucker, 376 S.C. 412, 656 S.E.2d 403 (Ct.App. 2008), in which the Court of Appeals affirmed Tucker's plea of guilty involving an alleged violation of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (IAD). After careful consideration of the Appendix and briefs, the writ of certiorari is

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.