State v. Burgess

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Troy Burgess, Appellant.

Appeal From Sumter County

Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-305

Submitted June 1, 2007 – Filed June 11, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. 

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Troy Burgess appeals his conviction and life sentence for murder.  Counsel for Burgess attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Burgess did not file a separate pro se response brief. 

After a 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 hold there are no directly appealable issues that are arguable on their merits.  Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

STILWELL, SHORT, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur. 

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