State v. Williams

THIS OPINION
HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN
ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

James Jamal
Williams, Appellant.

Appeal From Darlington County

 James E. Lockemy, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-058

Submitted January 2, 2009 – Filed January
22, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals 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; and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge, Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  James
Jamal Williams appeals his convictions for murder, first degree burglary,
kidnapping, possession of a weapon, and possession of marijuana.  Williams’s
counsel argues the trial judge erred by refusing to instruct the jury on
voluntary manslaughter, as a lesser-included offense.  Williams also submitted a
pro se brief.  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 Williams’s appeal
and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1] 

APPEAL DISMISSED.

WILLIAMS,
PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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