State v. George Leach

THIS OPINION HAS NO
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.

George Robert Leach, Appellant.

Appeal From York County

J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-115

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 Kevin S. Bracket, of
York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: George Robert Leach, appeals his conviction and
sentence for failure to stop for a blue light, arguing the trial court erred in
finding probable cause existed for the initial encounter.  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.