State v. Harris

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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.

Michael Harris, Appellant.

Appeal From Edgefield County

 James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-085

Submitted February 2, 2009 – Filed
February 12, 2009  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, 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 Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Michael Harris appeals his conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct,
arguing the trial judge erred by denying his motion for a directed verdict.  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 Harris's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

SHORT,
THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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