State v. Cauthen

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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.

Rodney David
Cauthen, Appellant.

Appeal From Lancaster County

 Brooks P. Goldsmith, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-586

Submitted October 1, 2008 – Filed October
15, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, 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; and Solicitor Douglas A. Barfield, Jr., of Lancaster, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Rodney
Cauthen appeals his conviction and sentence for
assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct in the second degree.  On
appeal, Cauthen contends the trial court erred in failing to exclude evidence
of Cauthen’s prior convictions.  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.

HEARN, C.J., HUFF and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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