State v. Johnny Paden

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.

Johnny Paden, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

C. Victor Pyle, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-087

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed February
3, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Chief Appellate Defender 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, of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Johnny Paden appeals his murder
conviction, arguing the court erred by refusing to direct a verdict of
acquittal because there was no direct or circumstantial evidence that Paden
fatally stabbed the decedent.  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 the 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.