State v. Clinkscales

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Cedric Andrae
Clinkscales, Appellant.

Appeal from Anderson County

 Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-230

Submitted April 1, 2008 – Filed April 14,
2008  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals 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; Christina T. Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Cedric Andrae Clinkscales
appeals his convictions for murder and
possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.  Clinkscales
contends the trial court erred in refusing to charge voluntary manslaughter.  Clinkscales’ counsel attached a
petition to be relieved, stating he reviewed the record and concluded this
appeal lacks merit.  Clinkscales filed a pro se brief raising
numerous issues.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief and
Clinkscales’ pro se 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 his appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN,
C.J., PIEPER, J., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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