DocketNumber： 2009-UP-556
Filed Date： 11/19/2009
Status： Non-Precedential
Modified Date： 10/22/2024
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Unpublished Opinion No. 2009UP-556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.