State v. Goodwin ( 2003 )

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Tiffany Goodwin and Shawn Denise Barnes, Appellants.

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Appeal From Berkeley County
Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-240 
Submitted January 29, 2003 – Filed April 1, 2003

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APPEAL DISMISSED

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Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Appellants.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, of Columbia;  and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Tiffany Goodwin and Shawn Denise Barnes were convicted for second-degree lynching and sentenced to three years in prison.  Goodwin and Barnes appeal their convictions, arguing the trial judge should have directed a verdict on their behalf because the State did not present evidence that they acted as a “mob,” an essential element of second-degree lynching. 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] Goodwin and Barnes’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and SHULER, JJ., concur.

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