State v. Porterfield

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.

Ronald
Porterfield, Appellant.

Appeal from Richland County

 Alison Renee Lee, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-144

Submitted March 3, 2008 – Filed March 6,
2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and
Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Ronald Porterfield appeals
his convictions for assault and battery
with intent to kill and kidnapping, as well as his sentence of life imprisonment without parole.  Porterfield argues the trial court erred in refusing
to admit evidence of the victim’s statement to emergency room personnel.  Porterfield also argues the trial court erred in not allowing him to impeach
his sister’s credibility with evidence of prior instances of domestic violence
and prior allegations by her against her children’s father regarding kidnapping
and sexual abuse.  After a thorough
review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Porterfield’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 Porterfield’s
appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

ANDERSON, SHORT, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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