State v. Linen

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PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

John Linen,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Williamsburg County

Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-404

Submitted April 21, 2004 – Filed June
22, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, 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:  John Linen (Appellant) pled
guilty to armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of
a violent crime.  He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of fifteen years
and five years, respectively.

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.