State v. Griffin

Full title: The State, Respondent, v. Julius H. Griffin, Appellant.

Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Jul 18, 2012

2012-UP-450 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 18, 2012)

Opinion

2012-UP-450

07-18-2012

The State, Respondent, v. Julius H. Griffin, Appellant.

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:

UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Submitted May 1, 2012

Appeal From Beaufort County Alexander S. Macaulay, Circuit Court Judge Carmen T. Mullen, Circuit Court Judge

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:

Julius H. Griffin appeals his conviction for trafficking crack cocaine, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offenses of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of crack cocaine. 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

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

APPEAL DISMISSED.

FEW, C. J, and HUFF and SHORT, JJ, concur