State v. Middleton

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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.

Peter L. Middleton,
Appellant.

Appeal From McCormick
County

 William P. Keesley, Circuit
Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2004-UP-352

Submitted March 19, 2004 –
Filed May 27, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate
Defender Wanda P. Hagler, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan
McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant
Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor
Cecil Kelley Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Peter L. Middleton (Appellant) was convicted of possession of crack
cocaine with intent to distribute within a half-mile radius of a school, possession
of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana, and making
an improper turn.  He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of ten years,
suspended upon the service of two years, for the proximity charge; two years
for the possession of crack charge; thirty days, suspended upon time served,
for the marijuana charge; and two days for making an improper turn. 

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]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ.,
concur.

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