State v. Johnson

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

The State, Respondent,

v.

Billy Johnson, Appellant.

Appeal From Chesterfield County

 James E. Lockemy, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2007-UP-295

Submitted June 1, 2007 – Filed June 8,
2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge, Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Billy Johnson was convicted of burglary first degree and criminal
domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature.  He was sentenced to fifteen
years in prison for burglary first degree and ten years for criminal domestic
violence of a high and aggravated nature, to run concurrent.  Johnson’s
appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel additionally submitted a petition to be relieved from
representation, asserting there are no directly appealable issues of arguable
merit.  Johnson filed a pro se response with the Court.

After a 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.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

ANDERSON, HUFF,
and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

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