State v. Lorenzo Ragin

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.

Lorenzo Ragin, Appellant.

Appeal From Clarendon County

John C. Few, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-039

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed January
26, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Lorenzo
Ragin appeals his conviction for assault and battery of a high and aggravated
nature, arguing that the trial judge erred by ruling that prior convictions
would have been admissible had Ragin testified.  In a pro se brief, Ragin
raises additional arguments. After a thorough review of the record and both 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.

HUFF, A.C.J., GEATHERS,
J., and CURETON, A.J., concur. 

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