State v. Griffin

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.

Keion Griffin, Appellant.

Appeal From Horry County

Larry B. Hyman, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2011-UP-387

Submitted August 11, 2011 – Filed August
15, 2011 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L.
Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald
J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor J. Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Keion
Griffin appeals his convictions for murder and possession of a weapon during
the commission of a violent crime, arguing the trial court erred in giving the
jury an Allen[1] charge.  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.[2]

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

SHORT,
WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

[1] Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492 (1896).

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