State v. Pyatt

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Teddy L. Pyatt, Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County

 Lee S. Alford, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-140

Submitted April 2, 2007 – Filed April 3, 2007   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, of Columbia; and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr.,  of St. Matthews, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Teddy L. Pyatt appeals his conviction for murder as well as his sentence of life imprisonment.  Pyatt’s counsel argues the trial court erred in excluding relevant evidence.  Pyatt did not file a pro se brief.  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[1] Pyatt’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., and GOOLSBY and STILWELL, JJ., concur.

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