State v. Miller

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Reginald James Miller, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

 J. Cordell Maddox, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

 Doyet A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-020

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed January
25, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant.

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

PER CURIAM:  Reginald James Miller appeals his
convictions and sentences for trafficking in cocaine and trafficking in crack
cocaine, arguing the constructive denial of counsel he suffered at trial
requires reversal and a new trial.  Miller filed a separate pro se brief,
arguing the circuit court erred in admitting the powder and crack cocaine into
evidence because the State failed to establish a proper chain of custody and in
allowing Margaret Greer to testify at trial, despite the fact she was not
listed as a prosecution witness.  After a
thorough review of the record and both briefs 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] Miller's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

HUFF,
A.C.J., GEATHERS, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur. 

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