State v. Davis

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.

Johnny Andre
Davis, Appellant.

Appeal From Colleton County

G. Edward Welmaker, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2009-UP-043

Submitted January 2, 2009 – Filed January
15, 2009 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender for Capital Appeals 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 Issac McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Johnny Andre Davis appeals his murder conviction and
sentence of life imprisonment.  Davis argues the trial court erred by failing
to grant his motion for a directed verdict on the murder 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 Davis’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.