State v, Carter

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Ila Michele Carter,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

John W. Kittredge, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-160

Submitted November 20, 2003 – Filed
February 25, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia,
for Appellant

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
of Columbia; Solicitor Druanne D. White, of Anderson; for Respondent

PER CURIAM: Ila Michelle Carter appeals
her convictions for homicide by child abuse and inflicting great bodily injury
upon a child.  The trial court sentenced Carter to life imprisonment for homicide
by child abuse and a consecutive twenty-year sentence for inflicting great bodily
injury upon a child.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for Carter
attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating he
had reviewed the record and concluded Carter’s appeal is without legal merit
sufficient to warrant a new trial.  Carter filed a separate pro se
response brief.

After a thorough review of the record pursuant
to Anders and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CONNOR, STILWELL, AND HOWARD, JJ., concur.