State v. Goins

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Edmund Goins, Jr.,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Cherokee County

Gary E. Clary, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-203

Submitted January 29, 2003 – Filed March
17, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, 
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh and  Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Edmund Goins, Jr. was convicted
of two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (ABHAN)
and one count of assault and battery with intent to kill (ABIK).  He received
consecutive sentences of ten years imprisonment for each ABHAN charge and life
imprisonment for ABIK.  Goins appeals, arguing the trial court erred in charging
the jury in a manner suggesting he bore the burden of proof.  Appellate counsel
has filed a final brief and a petition to be relieved.  Goins has filed a pro
se response.

After a thorough review of the record on appeal
pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v.
Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we grant counsel’s petition
and dismiss the appeal.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY, and SHULER, JJ., concur.