State v. Cason

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Edward Felix Cason, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County

 Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-055

Submitted January 3, 2006 – Filed January 25, 2006

Withdrawn, Substituted and Refiled March 28, 2006

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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, of Columbia; and Solicitor David M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Edward Cason appeals his conviction of distribution of cocaine.  Cason claims the trial court erred when it denied his motion for a directed verdict because the State presented no credible evidence of the offense.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Cason’s pro se 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[1] Cason’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., and HUFF and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

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