State v. Locklear

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

John H. Locklear,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Marlboro County

John M. Milling, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-112

Submitted December 23, 2003 – Filed
February 24, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda P. Hagler, 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 Jay E. Hodge, Jr., of Darlington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  John H. Locklear
was convicted of first-degree burglary and assault and battery with intent to
kill.  The circuit court sentenced him to thirty-years imprisonment for first-degree
burglary and twenty-years imprisonment for assault and battery with intent to
kill, the sentences to run concurrently.  Pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), Locklear’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved. 
Locklear filed a pro se response.

After 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 Locklear’s appeal and grant counsel’s
petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.
[1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE,
JJ., concurring.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the Court in resolving any issue
on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215
and 220(b)(2), SCACR.