State v. Johnson

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

George Wesley Johnson, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

J. C. Buddy Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-198

Submitted April 1, 2006 – Filed April 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, Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant, George Wesley Johnson, pled guilty to committing a lewd act on a child.  The trial judge sentenced him to fifteen years, suspended upon the service of six years with five years probation.  Johnson’s counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating that he had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit.  Johnson did not file a separate pro se brief.  We dismiss[1] pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991).  Counsel’s petition to be relieved is granted.

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

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

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