State v. Causey

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Jimmy H. Causey #2, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-143

Submitted March 1, 2006 – Filed March 13, 2006

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for Appellant. 

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Jimmy H. Causey appeals his convictions and sentences for first-degree burglary, armed robbery, and three counts of kidnapping.  Counsel for Causey attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Causey did not file a separate pro se response.

After a thorough 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 dismiss Causey’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HUFF, and STILWELL, JJ., concur.

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