State v. Cooke

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.

Clifton Cooke, Appellant.

Appeal From Kershaw County

James R. Barber, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009UP-556

Submitted November 2, 2009 – Filed
November 19, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Robert 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 Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Clifton
Cooke appeals his conviction and sentence for murder, arguing the trial court
erred by refusing to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter.  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.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

HEARN,
C.J., Huff, and Geathers, JJ., concur.

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