State v. Watkins

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.

Mykel Rasheed Watkins, Appellant.

Appeal from Spartanburg County

J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-268

Submitted April 2, 2012 – Filed May 2,
2012   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek
and Appellate Defender Tristan M. Shaffer, both of Columbia; and Mykel Rasheed
Watkins, pro se, for Appellant.

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

PER CURIAM:  Mykel Rasheed Watkins appeals his conviction of armed
robbery, arguing the trial court erred in allowing the solicitor to comment on
and argue to the jury that it should draw an adverse inference from Watkins's
failure to call certain witnesses to establish his alibi defense.  Additionally,
Watkins filed a pro se brief.  After a thorough
review of the record and 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. 

PIEPER, KONDUROS, and
GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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