State v. Lambert

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.

William Taylor Lambert,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

Marc H. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2005-UP-089

Submitted February 1, 2005 – Filed February
7, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  William Taylor Lambert appeals
his plea of guilty but mentally ill to the charge of murder.  The trial judge
sentenced Lambert to fifty years imprisonment. 

Pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for Lambert attached to the final brief a petition
to be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded
Lambert’s appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial. 
Lambert did not file a separate pro se response.

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.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

[1]

ANDERSON, BEATTY, and SHORT, JJ., concur.

[1] Because
oral argument would not aid the court in resolving the issues on appeal, we
decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.