State v. Jackson

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.

Phillip Jackson,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2004-UP-534

Submitted October 1, 2004 – Filed October
20, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster;Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Phillip Jackson was indicted
for murder.  He was convicted and sentenced to life without parole.  Jackson
appeals. 

Pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for Jackson attached to the final brief a petition
to be relieved as counsel, stating he had reviewed the record and concluded
Jackson’s appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial. 
Jackson filed a separate pro se response. 

After a thorough review of the record
and the pro se response pursuant to Anders 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]

STILWELL, BEATTY, and SHORT, JJ., concur.

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant
to Rule 215, SCACR.