State v. Mullins

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.

Thomas L.
Mullins, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

 Roger L. Couch, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-191

Submitted March 4, 2008 – Filed March 18,
2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. Mcintosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Thomas
L. Mullins (Mullins) appeals his conviction
for assault and battery with intent to kill, assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature, and first-degree burglary.  On appeal, Mullins
maintains his sentence should be vacated
because the trial court failed to suppress Mullins’ oral statement to police in
violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384
U.S. 436 (1966).

After
a thorough review of the record and counsel’s 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 Mullins’ appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be
relieved.    

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

HUFF, KITTREDGE, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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