State v. Brown

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.

John Brown, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Jasper County

 James E. Lockemy, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-066

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed January
28, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Chief Appellate Attorney Robert M. Dudek, 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; and Solicitor I. McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  John Brown, Jr., appeals his conviction
for murder.  Brown asserts the trial court erred in failing to charge voluntary
manslaughter.  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 35 (1991), we dismiss Brown's appeal and
grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1] 

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

SHORT, THOMAS,
and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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