State v. McKenzie

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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.

Leroy A. McKenzie, Appellant.

Appeal From Sumter County

 Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-172

Submitted March 1, 2006 – Filed March 22, 2006   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant 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, all of Columbia; and Solicitor C. Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Leroy A. McKenzie appeals his convictions and sentences of life, thirty years, and five years for murder, burglary in the first degree, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, respectively.  McKenzie argues the trial court improperly allowed hearsay testimony causing incurable prejudice.  Also, McKenzie filed a pro se brief.  After a thorough review of the record and 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[1] McKenzie’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

BEATTY, SHORT, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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