State v. Weeks

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON
AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Shannon Weeks,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-204

Submitted January 29, 2004 – Filed March
24, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, Office of
Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Shannon Weeks pled guilty to
aiding or abetting homicide by child abuse.  She was sentenced to twenty years
imprisonment.  Weeks appeals, arguing that her sentence, though legal, is disproportionate
to her crimes and violates the constitutional prohibitions on cruel and unusual
punishment.  On appeal, counsel for Weeks has filed a brief pursuant to Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that there were no meritorious
grounds for appeal and requesting permission to withdraw from further representation. 
Weeks has not filed a 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. [1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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