Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 26336. Attorney(S) Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, for Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General S. Creighton Waters, Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION The STATE, Respondent, v. Dushun STATEN, Petitioner. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in State v. Stolen, 364 S.C. 7, 610 S.E.2d 823 (Ct.App. 2005). We vacate that portion of the opinion discussing Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004), as unnecessary to the disposition of this case and dismiss the writ of certiorari. VACATED IN PART AND DISMISSED. TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.