State v. Thompson

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Danny Lee Thompson,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

Alison Renee Lee, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-326

Submitted February 20, 2003 – Filed
May 15, 2003   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of the South
Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, 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; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Danny Lee Thompson (Appellant)
was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and two counts of
grand larceny of a vehicle.  He was sentenced to life in prison for CSC and
concurrent terms of ten years in prison on each of the grand larceny charges. 

On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final
brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant has filed
a pro se response.  After a thorough review of the record 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
petition to be relieved.             

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

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

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