State v. Thomas

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.

Shawn Thomas, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 Reginald I. Lloyd, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-450

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October
10, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, 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; Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant, Shawn Thomas, pled guilty to
second degree criminal sexual conduct.  The trial judge sentenced him to
fifteen years imprisonment to run concurrently with a prior sentence.  Thomas’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.  Thomas
did not file a separate pro se brief.  After a thorough review
of the record 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] the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN,
CJ., HUFF, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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