State v. Hill

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.

Stephon
Hill,        Appellant.

Appeal from Chester County

Paul E. Short, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.
2005-UP-474

Submitted August 1, 2005 – Filed August 8, 2005

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 Salley W. Elliott,  of Columbia;
and Solicitor John R. Justice, of Chester, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Stephon
Hill appeals his convictions for first-degree burglary and pointing and
presenting a firearm.  Hill’s appellate counsel has petitioned to be
relieved as counsel, stating she has reviewed the record and has concluded Hill’s
appeal is without merit.  The sole issue briefed by counsel concerns
whether the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to convict Hill of
first-degree burglary due to alleged deficiencies with the indictment on that
charge.  Hill filed a separate pro se brief.

After a review of the record as
required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v.
Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we hold there are no directly
appealable issues that are arguable on their merits.  Accordingly, we
dismiss this appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. 1

HEARN, C.J., STILWELL and
KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

[1]  We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rules
215 and 220(b)(2), SCACR.