State v. Smith

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Michael F.
Smith, Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

R. Knox McMahon, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-087 

Submitted February 1, 2012 – Filed
February 22, 2012

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H.
Carter, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley
W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Michael Frank Smith appeals his convictions
for two counts of assault of a high and aggravated nature and two counts 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 the appeal and
grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

FEW, C.J.,
HUFF and SHORT, J.J., concur.   

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