State v. Harper

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OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

John D. Harper, Appellant.

Appeal From Beaufort County

Perry M. Buckner, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-063

Submitted February 1, 2011 – Filed
February 16, 2011   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H.
Carter, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley
W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor I. McDuffie Stone, III, of Bluffton,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  John
D. Harper appeals his two convictions for lewd act upon a child, arguing the
trial court erred in admitting hearsay testimony.  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] the appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

WILLIAMS,
GEATHERS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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