State v. Poindexter

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.

Bryan
Poindexter, Appellant.

Appeal From Beaufort County

Michael G. Nettles, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2012-UP-007

Submitted December 1, 2011 – Filed January
4, 2012

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W.
McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Sally W. Elliott, all of
Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III, of Bluffton, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Bryan Poindexter appeals his convictions for
first-degree criminal sexual conduct, assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature, and kidnapping, arguing the circuit court erred in giving a
jury instruction on reasonable doubt that was confusing and that lessened the
State's burden of proof.  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[1] the appeal and grant counsel's
motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

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