State v. Walker

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State of South Carolina, Respondent,

v.

Joseph Walker, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-618

Submitted December 1, 2004 – Filed December 9, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting
Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda P. Hagler, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
all Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Joseph Walker appeals his convictions for first-degree
criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping.  Counsel for Walker attached to the
final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Walker filed a separate 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 Walker’s appeal and grant counsel’s
petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

ANDERSON, STILWELL, and SHORT, JJ., concur.