State v. Richmond

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EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Melinda Richmond, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2009-147886

Appeal From Richland County
Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-418
Submitted July 2, 2012 – Filed July 11, 2012

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of
Columbia; and Melinda Richmond, pro se, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy
Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Deputy
Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Solicitor Daniel
E. Johnson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Melinda Richmond appeals her conviction of murder, arguing
the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on self-defense. Additionally,
Richmond filed a pro se brief. After a thorough review of the record and all 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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion
to be relieved.1

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PIEPER, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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