State v. Knowlin

THIS OPINION
HAS NO PREDCEDENTIAL 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.

James
Knowlin, Appellant.

Appeal
From Georgetown County

Paula H. Thomas, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished
Opinion No. 2004-UP-305

Submitted February 20, 2004
– Filed May 6, 2004

APPEAL
DISMISSED

Assistant
Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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
J. Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  James
Knowlin was convicted of second-degree criminal sexual assault with a minor
and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.  Pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), Knowlin’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved. 
Knowlin 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
Knowlin’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.