State v. Watkins

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Robert M. Watkins,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

C. Victor Pyle, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-118

Submitted December 23, 2003 – Filed February 25, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda P. Hagler, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Robert M. Watson (Appellant)
was convicted of armed robbery and possession of a weapon during the commission
of a violent crime.  He received concurrent sentences of thirty years in prison
and five years in prison, respectively, on the two charges.

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]

GOOSLBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

[1]   This case is decided without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215,
SCACR.