State v. Lorenzen

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Larry Lorenzen,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-436 

Submitted April 18, 2003 – Filed June
25, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster; Chief Deputy Attorney General John W.
McIntosh; Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia;
and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Larry Lorenzen was indicted for first degree criminal sexual
conduct (CSC), second degree CSC and committing a lewd act on a child.  Lorenzen
was tried and convicted of first degree CSC and second degree CSC.  He was sentenced
to life without parole.  Lorenzen appeals his convictions arguing the trial
court erred by excluding evidence showing the victim had accused a third party
of molestation in the past. 

Counsel for Lorenzen submitted a final brief and attached a petition
to be relieved stating he reviewed the record and found the appeal to be without
merit.  After a review of the record, Lorenzen’s pro se brief
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 [1] Lorenzen’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON and HUFF, JJ., concur.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the court in resolving the issues
on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215,
SCACR.