State v. Williams

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

The State, Respondent,

v.

John Williams, III, Petitioner.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE
COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Greenville County
 H. Dean Hall, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2004-MO-068
Heard December 7, 2003 Filed November 29, 2004

AFFIRMED

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

JUSTICE WALLER:  We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in State v. Williams, Op. No. 2001-UP-324 (Ct. App. filed June 18, 2001).  The sole issue on certiorari is whether Williams was entitled to a circumstantial evidence charge pursuant to State v. Edwards, 298 S.C. 272, 379 S.E.2d 888, cert. denied, 493 U.S. 895 (1989).  This matter is affirmed in light of our opinion in State v. Cherry, Op. No. 25902, S.C. Sup. Ct. filed November 29, 2004, (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 46).

AFFIRMED.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT, JJ., and Acting Justice Reginald I. Lloyd, concur.