THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

The State, Petitioner,

v.

Michael Dunbar, Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

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

Opinion No. 26260
Heard January 18, 2007 - Filed February 5, 2007

DISMISSED

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for petitioner.

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted this petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals opinion in State v. Dunbar, 361 S.C. 240, 603 S.E.2d 615 (Ct. App. 2004). After careful consideration, we now dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED.

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