State v. Vinson Filyaw

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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.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Vinson Wayne Filyaw, Appellant.

Appeal From Kershaw County

G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-075

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed February
1, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Katherine Hudgins, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley
W. Elliott, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Vinson Filyaw appeals his 421-year
sentence, arguing it violates the constitutional prohibition against cruel and
unusual punishment.  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]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

SHORT, THOMAS,
and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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