State v. Belk

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Allen Dale Belk,       
Appellant.

Appeal From York County

John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-236 

Submitted January 29, 2003 – Filed April 1, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Director for Legal Services Teresa A. Knox, Legal Counsel
Tommy Evans, Jr. and Legal Counsel J. Benjamin Aplin, all of the South Carolina
Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of the
South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

PER CURIAM:  Allen Dale Belk (Appellant)
pled guilty to three charges of unlawful use of a telephone in violation of
S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-430.  Judge Frank Eppes sentenced him to eight years
in prison, suspended upon the service of five years probation.  After a probation
revocation hearing, Judge John C. Hayes, III revoked three years of Appellant’s
suspended sentence, which was to be followed with continued probation. 

On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final
brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant has not filed
a pro se response.  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 the appeal and grant counsel’s
petition to be relieved.             

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and SHULER, JJ.,
concur.

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