State v. Jones

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.

Claude Jones, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

 Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-015

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed January
25, 2010 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, 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 J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Claude Jones appeals his
convictions and sentences for murder and possession of a firearm during the commission
of a violent crime, arguing the circuit court erred in excluding evidence the
victim became violent when using methamphetamine.  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[1] Jones's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

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.