State v. Lopez

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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.

Ervin Lopez, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-306

Submitted February 20, 2004 – Filed May 6, 2004

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; snd Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Ervin Lopez was convicted of strong-arm robbery, assault
and battery of a high and aggravated nature (“ABHAN”), attempted grand larceny
of a motor vehicle, and kidnapping.  He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment
for strong-arm robbery, ten years imprisonment for ABHAN, five years imprisonment
for attempted grand larceny, and life without parole for kidnapping, the sentences
to run consecutively.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738
(1967), Lopez’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Lopez
filed a pro se response.

After 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 Lopez’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition
to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concurring.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the Court in resolving
any issue on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 215 and 220(b)(2), SCACR.