State v. Pope

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Phillip Reed Pope, Jr.,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Georgetown County

Paula H. Thomas, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-016

Submitted November 19, 2003 – Filed January 15, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary,  of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attonrey
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant, Phillip Reed Pope,
Jr., was indicted for pointing and presenting a firearm, resisting arrest with
a deadly weapon, unlawful conduct towards a child, criminal domestic violence
of a high and aggravated nature, kidnapping, and possession of a weapon during
the commission of a violent crime.  Following a jury trial, Pope was convicted
of pointing and presenting a firearm, resisting arrest with a deadly weapon,
and unlawful conduct towards a child, but was acquitted of the remaining charges. 
The trial judge sentenced Pope to concurrent terms of six years each on the
resisting arrest and unlawful conduct charges, and three years for pointing
and presenting a firearm.  We dismiss pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967) and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991).  Counsel’s petition to be relieved is granted.

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

HUFF, STILWELL, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.