State v. Hutchinson

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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.

Donell Maurice Hutchinson, Appellant.

Appeal From York County

Lee S. Alford, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-269

Submitted March 1, 2012 – Filed May 2,
2012   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth
Franklin-Best, of Columbia; and Donell Maurice Hutchinson, pro se, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley
W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin S. Brackett, of York, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Donell
Maurice Hutchinson appeals his convictions for trafficking in cocaine and
possession of crack cocaine, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to grant
a mistrial after the State improperly bolstered its witnesses.  Hutchinson also
filed a pro se brief.  After a thorough review
of the record and all briefs 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.

FEW, C.J., and HUFF and
SHORT, JJ., concur.

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