State v. Billy Lee

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Billy Lee, Appellant.

Appeal from Horry County

Steven H. John, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-099

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed February
4, 2010  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek,
of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster,
Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney
General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; Solicitor J. Gregory Hembree, of Conway,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Billy Lee appeals his conviction for murder and
sentence for life imprisonment without parole arguing that the trial court
erred in not charging the jury on the offense of involuntary manslaughter.  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 the
appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

WILLIAMS, PIEPER, and Lockemy, JJ., concur.

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