Raphael Pontoo v. State

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Raphael Pontoo, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001217

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal From Lexington County
Courtney Clyburn Pope, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-126
Heard April 8, 2025 – Filed April 16, 2025

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY
GRANTED

Appellate Defender Sarah Elizabeth Shipe, of Columbia,
for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior
Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing,
both of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: We issued a writ of certiorari to review the post-conviction relief
(PCR) court's denial of Raphael Pontoo's application for PCR. We now dismiss
the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

KONDUROS, MCDONALD, and VINSON, JJ., concur.