State v. Brown

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Joseph Harold Brown Jr.,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

J. C. Buddy Nicholson, Jr., Circuit
Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-449

Submitted April 18, 2003 – Filed July 1, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of the Office
of Appellate Defense, 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 Druanne Dykes White, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant Joseph Harold Brown,
Jr. was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.  Brown’s counsel
attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel stating he
had reviewed the record and concluded the appeal lacked merit.  Brown did not
file a pro se response. 

After a review of the record as required by Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) and State v. Williams, 305 S.C.
116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we hold there are no directly appealable issues
that are arguable on their merits.  Accordingly, we dismiss Brown’s appeal and
grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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