State v. Gadsden

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.

Leo Corderrel Gadsden, Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

 J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.   2010-UP-137

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed February
22, 2010

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, 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; Solicitor Scarlett Anne
Wilson, of Charleston,  for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Leo Corderrel Gadsden appeals his sentences for murder, first-degree burglary,
assault and battery with intent to kill, and kidnapping.  On appeal, Gadsden
contends the trial court erred in failing to exclude the victims' in-court
identifications of Gadsden as one of the perpetrators, arguing their
identifications were tainted by biased media coverage.  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 Gadsden's
appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

WILLIAMS,
PIEPER, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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