THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court
The State, Respondent,
v.
Joshua William Porch, Petitioner.
Appellate Case No. 2016-002146
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
Appeal from Richland County
Alison Renee Lee, Trial Court Judge
Opinion No. 27809
Heard May 23, 2018 – Filed May 30, 2018
DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED
Matthew A. Abee, William C. Wood Jr., Michael J.
Anzelmo, and Caroline Delores Gimenez, all of Nelson
Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, and Chief Appellate
Defender Robert Michael Dudek, all of Columbia, for
Petitioner.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney
General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy
Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, Senior Assistant
Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry, Senior Assistant
Attorney W. Edgar Salter III, and Solicitor Daniel Edward
Johnson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: We granted Joshua William Porch's petition for a writ of certiorari
to review the court of appeals' decision to affirm his murder conviction. See State v.
Porch, 417 S.C. 619, 790 S.E.2d 440 (Ct. App. 2016). We now dismiss the writ as
improvidently granted.
DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.
KITTREDGE, Acting Chief Justice, HEARN, FEW, JAMES, JJ., and Acting
Justice James E. Lockemy, concur.