State v. Pierre ( 2008 )

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Jacques Pierre, Appellant.

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Appeal From Clarendon County
Thomas W. Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No.  2008-UP-519
Submitted September 2, 2008 – Filed September 9, 2008

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APPEAL DISMISSED

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Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, South Carolina Commission of Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Jacques Pierre appeals his conviction and sentence for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, arguing the trial court erred by failing to charge the jury on the defense of accident.  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] Pierre’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

SHORT, THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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