State v. Patterson

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Leroy Patterson,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

Daniel F. Pieper, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No.  2003-UP-102

Submitted November 20, 2002 - Filed
February 5, 2003 

APPEAL DISMISSED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston; for Respondent

PER CURIAM: A jury convicted Leroy Patterson
of two counts of armed robbery and two counts of grand larceny.  The trial judge
sentenced Patterson to fifteen years imprisonment on each armed robbery conviction
and five years imprisonment on each larceny conviction, all sentences to run
concurrently.  The trial judge also gave Patterson credit for time served prior
to trial.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S.
738 (1967), counsel for Patterson attached to the final brief a petition to
be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded Patterson’s
appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial.  Patterson
filed a separate pro se response brief.

After a thorough 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.