State v. Ellis

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.

Christopher Calvin Ellis, Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

J. Cordell Maddox, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-280

Submitted April 2, 2012 - Filed May 9,
2012

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior 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 Solicitor Christina T. Adams, of Anderson, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Christopher
Calvin Ellis appeals his convictions of murder, death or injury to a child in
utero due to the commission of a violent crime, and possession of a weapon
during the commission of a violent crime. Ellis argues the circuit court erred
in its jury instructions. 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.

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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