State v. Allen

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.

Adrian A.
Allen, Appellant.

Appeal From Beaufort County

 Jackson V. Gregory, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-526

Submitted September 2, 2008 – Filed
September 10, 2008  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney 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; Solicitor McDuffie Stone, III, of Hampton; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Adrian Allen appeals from his convictions for murder and possession of a weapon
during the commission of a violent crime.  He argues the trial court erred in
failing to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter.  Allen’s counsel
attached to his brief a petition to be relieved, stating he reviewed the record
and concluded this appeal lacks merit.  Allen filed a pro se brief asserting
several additional issues.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s
brief, and Allen’s 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 Allen’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

SHORT,
THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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