State v. Briggs

THIS OPINION HAS NO
PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Harold Dean Briggs, Appellant.

Appeal From Union County

Lee S. Alford, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-459

Submitted October 1, 2009 – Filed October
8, 2009  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliot,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin S. Brackett, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Harold
Dean Briggs appeals his two convictions for second-degree criminal sexual
conduct with a minor, arguing the trial court erred in failing to sever the two
charges.  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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

HEARN,
C.J., KONDUROS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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