State v. Clark

THIS OPINION HAS NO 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.

Ellen Clark,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

John W. Kittredge, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2004-UP-198

Submitted January 29, 2004 – Filed March
24, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, SC 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:  Ellen Clark (Appellant) pled
guilty to one count of grand larceny and two counts of forgery.  The court sentenced
Appellant to five years in prison, suspended upon the service of two years in
prison with three years probation on the grand larceny charge.  As to the forgery
offenses, the court gave Appellant concurrent sentences of five years in prison,
“suspended during probation.”  Restitution of $99.40 and substance abuse counseling
were also ordered in this case. 

On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final
brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant has not filed
a pro se response.  After a thorough review of the record 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
petition to be relieved.              

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOSLBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

[1]   This case is decided without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215,
SCACR.