State v. Owens

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Henry Bowman Owens,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Orangeburg County

James R. Barber, III, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2003-UP-207

Submitted January 29, 2003 - Filed March
19, 2003 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant 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 Charles H. Richardson,
of Columbia; Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville; for Respondents.

PER CURIAM: Henry Bowman Owens appeals his
convictions for two counts of breach of trust with fraudulent intent.  Owens’s
appellate counsel has petitioned to be relieved as counsel, stating she has
reviewed the record and has concluded Owens’s appeal is without merit.  The
issue briefed by counsel concerns whether the trial court erred in informing
Owens that he could appeal his guilty plea.  Owens has not filed any documents
with this court on his own behalf.

After a review of the record as required
by Anders v. California [1]
and State v. Williams, [2] we hold there are no directly appealable issues
that are arguable on their merits.  Accordingly, we dismiss Owens’s appeal and
grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.
[3]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., and GOOLSBY and SHULER, JJ., concur.

[1]   386 U.S. 738 (1967).

[2]   305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991).

[3]
  Because oral argument would not aid the court in resolving the issues
on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rules 215
and 220(b)(2), SCACR.