State v. Brown

The South Carolina Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Matthew Brown,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County

Luke N. Brown, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No.  2003-UP-179

Submitted January 10, 2003 – Filed March
4, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of Columbia;
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 Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Matthew Brown (Appellant)
was convicted of one count of criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and three counts
of intimidating a witness.  Appellant was sentenced to ten years in prison for
each count of intimidating a witness, and a consecutive thirty years for the
CSC charge.  On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final brief along
with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant has filed a pro
se response.      After a thorough 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 the appeal and grant counsel’s petition
to be relieved.          

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and SHULER, JJ., concur.

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