State v. Butler

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ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Michael Butler,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-207

Submitted January 29, 2004 – Filed March
25, 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 B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant pled guilty to two
counts of strong arm robbery, forgery, and second degree burglary, and he was
sentenced.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Appellant’s
counsel attached a petition to be relieved.  Appellant 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 this appeal and
grant counsel’s petition to be relieved. [1]    

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur. 
 

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