State v. Ray

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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.

James Edward
Ray, Appellant.

Appeal From Clarendon County

Thomas W. Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-189

Submitted March 4, 2008 – Filed March 18,
2008   

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; and Solicitor Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  James Ray pled guilty to
assault and battery with intent to kill, assault with intent to kill,
possession of a gun during the commission of a violent crime, unlawful carrying
of a pistol, and unlawful possession of a pistol.  Ray was sentenced to fifteen
years imprisonment.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738
(1967), Ray’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved.  Ray filed a pro
se response, which we have considered.  After 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 this appeal and grant counsel’s
petition to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HUFF, KITTREDGE,
and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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