State v. Duke

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Peter Edward Duke,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-040

Submitted November 20, 2002 – Filed
January 15, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Robert J. Harte, of Aiken, for appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Peter Edward Duke
pled guilty to criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the second degree and
lewd act upon a child.  He was sentenced to seventeen years imprisonment for
criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the second degree and fifteen years
imprisonment for lewd act upon a child, with the sentences to run concurrently. 
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Duke’s counsel
attached a petition to be relieved.  Duke did not file a pro se response.

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 Duke’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition
to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

CONNOR, STILWELL, and HOWARD, JJ., concur.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the Court in resolving
any issue on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 215 and 220(b)(2), SCACR.