State v. Jermaine Hartwell

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.

Jermaine
Hartwell, Appellant.

Appeal From Berkeley County

Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-036

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed January
26, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior 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, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Jermaine Hartwell appeals his convictions for murder, armed robbery,
four counts of kidnapping, and two counts of first degree burglary.  Hartwell
argues the trial court erred in denying his motion for a severance.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel's brief,
and Hartwell'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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HUFF, A.C.J.,
GEATHERS, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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