State v. Thigpen

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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.

Joe Bruce
Thigpen, Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

 Steven H. John, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-107

Submitted February 2, 2009 – Filed March
2, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  A
jury found Joe Bruce Thigpen guilty of three counts of first-degree criminal
sexual conduct with a minor and committing a lewd act on a minor.  Thigpen argues the trial judge erred in refusing 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 Thigpen's appeal and grant
counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

SHORT,
THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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