Case Name: Demetrius MACK, Respondent, v. Leon LOTT, in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Richland County, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 2015-12-09
Citations: 415 S.C. 22
Docket Number: Appellate Case No. 2014-002229; No. 27597
Parties: Demetrius MACK, Respondent, v. Leon LOTT, in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Richland County, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 415
Pages: 22–23

Head Matter:
780 S.E.2d 761
Demetrius MACK, Respondent, v. Leon LOTT, in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Richland County, Petitioner.
Appellate Case No. 2014-002229.
No. 27597.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
Heard Nov. 17, 2015.
Decided Dec. 9, 2015.
Robert D. Garfield and Andrew F. Lindemann, both of Davidson & Lindemann, P.A., of Columbia, for petitioner.
Joshua Snow Kendrick and Christopher S. Leonard, both of Kendrick & Leonard, P.C., of Columbia, and Neal Michael Lourie, of Lourie Law Firm, L.L.C., of Columbia, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Mack v. Lott, 410 S.C. 28, 762 S.E.2d 719 (Ct.App.2014). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted since both parties and the trial court agree that the proper standard for determining probable cause is an objective standard; that is, whether the facts known to the arresting officer at the time of the arrest, viewed from the standpoint of an objectively reasonable police officer, amount to probable cause. Because the Court of Appeals' language on this issue is arguably unclear, for the benefit of the bench and bar, we direct the Court of Appeals to depublish its opinion.
Accordingly, we
DEPUBLISH THE OPINION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS AND DISMISS CERTIORARI AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.