State v. Livingston

Michael J

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Raymond Livingston,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Orangeburg County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-233

Submitted November 20, 2002 - Filed
March 26, 2003  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender
Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia; for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
of Columbia; Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville; for Respondent(s).

PER CURIAM:  Raymond Livingston appeals
his convictions for armed robbery and first-degree burglary.  The trial judge
sentenced Livingston to twenty-five years imprisonment for each offense. The
sentences were to be served concurrently.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S.
738 (1967), counsel for Livingston attached to the final brief a petition to
be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded Livingston’s
appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial.  Livingston
did not file a separate pro se response.

After a thorough review of the record pursuant
to Anders and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CONNOR, STILWELL, and HOWARD, JJ., concur.