In the Interest of Joshua K.

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE

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

In The Interest of Joshua K., A Juvenile Under The Age of Seventeen,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Sumter County

Marion D. Myers, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-512

Submitted October 1, 2004 – Filed October
13, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara Taggart, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster,  Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh,  Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Cecil Kelley Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Joshua K, a minor under the
age of seventeen, appeals following being adjudicated delinquent to two counts
of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.  Joshua argues the trial court erred
in failing to grant a directed verdict based on insufficient evidence to prove
the crimes charged.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
Joshua’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved, stating that she has reviewed
the record and concluded the appeal lacks merit. 

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, ANDERSON, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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