State v. Rynes

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

 

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Charles Rynes,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Berkeley County

R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2003-UP-332

Submitted March 26, 2003 – Filed
May 15, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of N. Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Charles Rynes was convicted of murder.  He was sentenced
to life imprisonment without parole.  Rynes’s appellate counsel filed a brief
pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel additionally
submitted a petition to be relieved from representation, asserting there are
no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.  Rynes filed a pro se
response with the Court.

After a 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.
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APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON, and HUFF, JJ., concur.

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