State v. Clayton

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OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Robert Clyde Clayton, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

Doyet A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-323

Submitted June 1, 2009 – Filed June 15,
2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

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, and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Robert
Clyde Clayton appeals his conviction and sentence for murder, arguing the trial
court erred in determining he voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to
counsel.  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.

HUFF, PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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