State v. Watley

PER CURIAM: David Watley appeals from an order of the trial court revoking
his probation

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

David Watley,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

Marc H. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-015

Submitted October 22, 2002 – Filed January
7, 2003   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of Columbia,
for Appellant

Deputy Director for Legal Services Teresa A. Knox, Legal
Counsel Tommy Evans, Legal Counsel J. Benjamin Aplin, of Columbia, for Respondent

PER CURIAM:  David Watley appeals from an
order of the trial court revoking his probation.  Watley initially pleaded guilty
to two counts of criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature
and one count of unlawful neglect of a child.  The trial court sentenced Watley
to concurrent sentences of ten years imprisonment on each charge, suspended
upon the service of five years probation.  Watley subsequently violated his
probation.  The trial court revoked three years of Watley’s suspended sentence
and terminated probation.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S.
738 (1967), counsel for Watley attached to the final brief a petition to be
relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded Watley’s
appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial.  Watley did
not file a separate pro se response brief.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders
and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss
the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CONNOR, STILWELL, and HOWARD, JJ., concur.