State v. Brown

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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.

Troy A. Brown, Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

 Daniel F. Pieper, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2008-UP-555

Submitted October 1, 2008 – Filed October
9, 2008 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, 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 Salley W. Elliott,
Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne
Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Troy A. Brown appeals his
conviction of burglary, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature,
and kidnapping, and sentence of eighteen, ten, and eighteen years,
respectively.   Brown argues the trial court erred by failing to grant his
motion for a directed verdict.  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 Brown’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

ANDERSON, WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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