State v. Jones

CourtListener 10154323ScctappDec 20, 2011

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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.

Leon Jones, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

 E.C. Burnett, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-579

Submitted December 1, 2011 – Filed
December 20, 2011   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald
J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Acting Solicitor Barry Barnette, of
Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Leon
Jones appeals his conviction of murder, arguing the circuit court erred in
failing to instruct the jury on the law of alibi.  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.

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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

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