State v. Morrison

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.

Joseph
Morrison,        Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.
2005-UP-429

Submitted July 1, 2005 – Filed July 13, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Chief Attorney Joseph
L. Savitz III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry
Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and
Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Joseph
Morrison appeals his conviction for murder and his sentence to life
imprisonment.  He maintains the trial court erred in failing to charge the
jury on voluntary manslaughter.  Additionally, Morrison filed a pro se
brief alleging the court failed to properly hold an arraignment, preliminary
hearing, or bond hearing before he was tried for murder.  After a thorough
review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Morrison’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[1] Morrison’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion
to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J. and BEATTY and SHORT,
JJ., concur.

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