State v. James

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Riley James,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Orangeburg County

Luke N. Brown, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-212

Submitted January 29, 2003 - Filed March
19, 2003  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, 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 Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of
Summerville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Riley James appeals his conviction
for second-degree burglary, arguing that the trial court erred in ruling that
defense counsel did not use racially neutral reasons in striking three jurors. 
In a separately filed pro se brief, James also argues that the trial
court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict, that police officers
did not have probable cause to arrest him for burglary second, and that the
trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress blown-up photographs of
the crime scene. 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
[1] James’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and SHULER, JJ., concur.

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