State v. Collins

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.

Steven Collins, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

 Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2009-UP-479

Submitted October 1, 2009 – Filed October
14, 2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert Mills Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Steven Collins appeals his conviction for armed robbery and possession of a
weapon during the commission of a violent crime.  Collins argues the trial
court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial when a witness testified Collins
was under house arrest, implying he was already in trouble with the law at the
time of the armed robbery.  After a thorough
review of the record, counsel's brief, and Collins' 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 Collins's appeal and grant
counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ.,  concur.

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