State v. Allen

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.

John A. Allen, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Abbeville County

 Wyatt T. Saunders, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-037

Submitted January 1, 2005 – Filed January
14, 2005

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 Salley W. Elliott , Office of the Attorney General, all of
Columbia; and Solicitor William Townes Jones, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  John A. Allen appeals the denial of his motion for a directed
verdict, arguing that the trial judge improperly allowed the jury to engage
in conjecture and speculation. After a thorough review of the record and counsel’s
brief 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 Allen’s appeal
under Rule 220(b)(2), SCACR, and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved. 

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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