State v. Epps

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED 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.

Jesse Terrell Epps,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Lee County

Thomas W. Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-396

Submitted April 21, 2004 – Filed June
22, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor C. Kelly Jackson, of Sumter; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Jesse Terrell Epps was convicted
by a jury of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent
crime.  The circuit court sentenced him to thirty years imprisonment for murder
and five years imprisonment for possession of a firearm during the commission
of a violent crime, the sentences to run consecutively.  Pursuant to Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Epps’s counsel attached a petition to
be relieved.  Epps 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 Epps’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition
to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.
[1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

[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.