State v. Goodwin

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Tiffany Goodwin and Shawn Denise Barnes,       
Appellants.

Appeal From Berkeley County

Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.
2003-UP-240 

Submitted January 29, 2003 – Filed April 1, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia,
for Appellants.

Attorney General Henry Dargan
McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney
General Charles H. Richardson, of Columbia;  and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington,
of Charleston; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Tiffany Goodwin and Shawn Denise
Barnes were convicted for second-degree lynching and sentenced to three years
in prison.  Goodwin and Barnes appeal their convictions, arguing the trial judge
should have directed a verdict on their behalf because the State did not present
evidence that they acted as a “mob,” an essential element of second-degree lynching.   
After a thorough review of the record and counsel’s brief 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 dismiss [1] Goodwin and Barnes’s appeal and
grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant
to Rule 215, SCACR.