State v. Brannon

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PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Craig M.
Brannon, Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-489

Submitted October 1, 2009 – Filed October
21, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, 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:  Craig M.
Brannon was convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and
was sentenced to life without parole (LWOP).  Brannon appeals arguing: (1) the
trial court erred in failing to grant a directed verdict; and (2) the State's
notice of intent to seek LWOP was insufficient.  Brannon also filed a pro se
brief.  After a thorough
review of the record, counsel's brief, and Brannon's pro se brief 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 motion to
be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

SHORT,
WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur. 

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