State v. Louis Sheppard

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PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Louis Sheppard, Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County

Diane Schafer Goodstein, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-118

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed February
11, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Appellate Defender Joseph L.
Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster,
Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney
General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge, Jr., of
Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Louis
Sheppard appeals his conviction and sentence for assault and battery with the
intent to kill, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict
of acquittal.  After a thorough
review of the record and counsel's 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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Williams, Pieper,
and Lockemy, JJ., concur.

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