State v. Hutton

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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.

Errin Lamont Hutton,
Appellant.

Appeal From Cherokee
County

 J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2004-UP-286

Submitted February 23, 2004 – Filed
May 3, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender
Robert M. Pachak, 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 Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Hutton was convicted of two counts of armed robbery, two counts
of ABHAN, four counts of kidnapping, armed robbery, and burglary in the first
degree.  He received ten-year sentences on the two ABHAN charges, and on each
of the remaining charges he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. 
Hutton’s appellate counsel has petitioned to be relieved as counsel, stating
he has reviewed the record and has concluded Hutton’s appeal is without merit. 
The sole issue briefed by counsel argues Hutton’s trial should have been severed
from that of a codefendant.  In a separate pro se brief, Hutton raises
twenty issues addressing jurisdictional or due process issues.

After
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
this appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.
[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

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