State v. Gregory

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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.

Thomas Arnold Gregory, Appellant.

Appeal From Cherokee County

 J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

 James E. Lockemy, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-551

Submitted November 2, 2009 – Filed
November 19, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, of Columbia, for Appellant. 

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg,
for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Thomas Arnold Gregory was convicted in absentia and sentenced to a total of twenty-five years' imprisonment for possession with
intent to distribute crack cocaine near a playground, resisting arrest, and
trafficking in crack cocaine.  Gregory appeals, arguing the trial court erred
in refusing to exclude unduly prejudicial propensity evidence concerning his
possession of marijuana at the time of his arrest.  Gregory also filed a pro se
brief.  After thoroughly
reviewing the record and briefs 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[1] Gregory's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

SHORT,
THOMAS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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