Clark v. State

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

Ex Parte: Karen Clark,       
Appellant,

v.

The State,

In Re:  In the Interest of Lauren C.F.       
Respondent.    

Appeal From Richland County

H. Bruce Williams, Circuit Court Judge

Leslie K. Riddle, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-031

Submitted October 15, 2003 – Filed January
16, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, Office of Appellate
Defense, 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 Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: The family court held Karen
Clark in contempt of an order compelling her to ensure her daughter’s school
attendance.  It sentenced her to three consecutive weekends at the Richland
County Detention Center.  Clark’s counsel attached to the final brief a petition
to be relieved as counsel stating she had reviewed the record and concluded
the appeal lacked merit.  Clark filed a pro se response. We dismiss pursuant
to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) and State v. Williams,
305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991).  Counsel’s petition to be relieved is granted.

APPEAL DISMISSED

HUFF, STILWELL, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.