Opinion
2012-UP-268
05-02-2012
The State, Respondent, v. Mykel Rasheed Watkins, Appellant.
Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek and Appellate Defender Tristan M. Shaffer, both of Columbia; and Mykel Rasheed Watkins, pro se, 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 Barry J. Barnette, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted April 2, 2012.
Appeal from Spartanburg County J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge.
Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek and Appellate Defender Tristan M. Shaffer, both of Columbia; and Mykel Rasheed Watkins, pro se, 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 Barry J. Barnette, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Mykel Rasheed Watkins appeals his conviction of armed robbery, arguing the trial court erred in allowing the solicitor to comment on and argue to the jury that it should draw an adverse inference from Watkins's failure to call certain witnesses to establish his alibi defense. Additionally, Watkins filed a pro se brief. After a thorough review of the record and 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.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
PIEPER, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.