State v. Yaghi

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.

Chukrallah A.
Yaghi, Appellant.

Appeal From Horry County

Steven H. John, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-057

Submitted January 2, 2009 – Filed January
22, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

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 J. Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Chukrallah A. Yaghi appeals his convictions of murder,
two counts of assault and battery with the intent to kill, and assault and
battery of a high and aggravated nature, and concurrent sentences of life
without parole, ten, ten, and ten years, respectively.  Yaghi argues the trial
court erred by allowing the arresting officer to testify Yaghi displayed an
“eerie” lack of remorse when arrested.  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 Yaghi’s appeal
and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved. [1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

WILLIAMS,
PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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