State v. Hopkins

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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.

Tonie J. Hopkins, Appellant.

Appeal From Horry County

Steven H. John,
Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-456

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October 11, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief
Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense,
of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Office
of the Attorney General, of Columbia; and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia,
for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Tonie J.
Hopkins appeals her conviction for possession of Oxycontin.  She asserts the
trial judge erred by improperly instructing the jury in regard to the
permissive inference of knowledge and possession when an a substance is found
in property under a defendant’s control. 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[1] Hopkins’ appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J.,
HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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