Jones v. State

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PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

Nathaniel Jones, Appellant,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appeal From Florence County

James E. Brogdon, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-199

Submitted April 1, 2006 – Filed April 14, 2006

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant. 

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Lakesha W. Jeffries, all of Columbia, for Respondent. 

PER CURIAM:  Nathaniel Jones appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus.  Counsel for Jones attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Jones filed 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 Jones’ 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.