State v. Richmond

Full title: The State, Respondent, v. Melinda Richmond, Appellant.

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Jul 11, 2012

Appellate Case No. 2009-147886 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 11, 2012)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2009-147886 Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-418

07-11-2012

The State, Respondent, v. Melinda Richmond, Appellant.

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia; and Melinda Richmond, pro se, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Solicitor Daniel E. Johnson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM

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.

Appeal From Richland County

Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia; and Melinda Richmond, pro se, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Solicitor Daniel E. Johnson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM : Melinda Richmond appeals her conviction of murder, arguing the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on self-defense. Additionally, Richmond filed a pro se brief. After a thorough review of the record and all briefs 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.

PIEPER, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.