State v. Smith

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.

Michael Smith, Appellant.

Appeal From Calhoun County

Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-415

Submitted September 1, 2009 – Filed
September 3, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender for Capital Appeals 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, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Michael
Smith appeals his convictions and sentences for murder and possession of a
firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, arguing the trial judge
erred in denying his directed verdict motion.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel's brief, and
Smith'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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J.,
and KONDUROS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur. 

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