State v. Bradford

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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.

Curtis Jerome Bradford, Appellant.

Appeal From Dillon County

 J. Michael Baxley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-036

Submitted January 1, 2005 – Filed January
14, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender
Aileen P. Clare, Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry
Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy
Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia;
and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge, Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:   A Dillon County grand jury indicted Curtis Jerome Bradford
for first-degree criminal sexual conduct and armed robbery.  The jury found
Bradford guilty on both charges and the trial court sentenced him to consecutive
terms of 30 years in the department of corrections.  On appeal he asserts the
trial court erred by admitting prejudicial character evidence.  Pursuant to
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Bradford’s counsel attached
a petition to be relieved, stating she has reviewed the record and concluded
this appeal lacks merit.  Bradford filed a separate pro se brief,
in which he raises a number of issues concerning the validity of his indictments.

After a thorough review of the record pursuant to Anders 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.
[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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