State v. Laws

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PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Brian Douglas
Laws, Appellant.

Appeal From Pickens County

 C. Victor Pyle, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-503

Submitted September 2, 2008 – Filed
September 5, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

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, all
of Columbia; Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Brian
Laws appeals from his conviction of armed robbery.  On appeal, Laws’ counsel
argues the statement Laws made to police was not voluntary and therefore should
not have been admitted into evidence.  Laws also filed a pro se brief raising
numerous issues.  After a
thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Laws’ pro se 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.

SHORT,
THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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