State v. Sofia

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.

William Sofia, Appellant.

Appeal From Horry County

Edward B. Cottingham, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-610

Submitted November 3, 2008 – Filed
November 6, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor J. Gregory
Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  William Sofia appeals his conviction of murder and
assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and consecutive sentences
of thirty and five years, respectively.  Sofia argues the trial court erred by
failing to charge the jury on involuntary manslaughter.  After a thorough review of the record and both 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 Sofia’s appeal
and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved. [1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

WILLIAMS, PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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