State v. Pettus

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Duwan Montreal Pettus, Appellant.

Appeal From York County

 John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-098

Submitted February 1, 2006 – Filed February 14, 2006

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz III, Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Duwan Montreal Pettus appeals his conviction of pointing a firearm and sentence of five years, suspended upon the service of five years probation.  His counsel contends the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for a directed verdict on the charge of pointing a firearm because the State did not prove Pettus pointed the firearm at the victim.  After a thorough review of the record and counsel’s brief 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 Pettus’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved. 

APPEAL DISMISSED.[1]

GOOLSBY, HUFF, and STILWELL, JJ., concur. 

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