State v. Walker

Michael J

THE STATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court
of Appeals

The
State,        Respondent,

v.

Daniel
Walker,        Appellant.

Appeal from
Spartanburg County

Gary E. Clary,
Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished
Opinion No. 2003-UP-505

Submitted May
30, 2003 – Filed August 27, 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, of Columbia, Harold
W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Daniel Walker appeals his conviction
for forgery in an amount less than $5,000.  The trial judge sentenced him to
ten years imprisonment, suspended upon the service of five years with five years
probation.  The judge also ordered restitution in the amount of $125.08.

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

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.

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.