DocketNumber： 2003-UP-499
Filed Date： 8/26/2003
Status： Non-Precedential
Modified Date： 10/11/2024
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
The State, Respondent,
v.
Willie Kinder, Jr., Appellant.
Appeal From Sumter County
Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-499
Submitted June 9, 2003 Filed August 26, 2003
APPEAL DISMISSED
Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, Office of Appellate Defense, 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 Cecil Kelley Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Willie Kinder, Jr. appeals his conviction for murder, arguing that the trial judge erred by limiting his definition of the sufficient legal provocation for voluntary manslaughter to acts involving physical aggression or assault. Kinders counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating that he had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit. After a thorough review of the record and counsels 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] Kinders appeal and grant counsels motion to be relieved.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.
[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.