State v. Hodge

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Michael S. Hodge,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Berkeley County

 R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-359

Submitted March 26, 2003 - Filed May
21, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph
L. Savitz, III, of Columbia; for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
of Columbia; Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of N. Charleston; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Michael S. Hodge was indicted
for murder, first degree arson and two counts of conspiracy.  Hodge pled guilty
to all charges and was sentenced to life without parole on the murder charge,
thirty years on the arson charge, and five years each on the conspiracy charges. 
All sentences were to run concurrently.   

Counsel for Hodge attached a petition to be relieved
to the final brief stating he had reviewed the record and found the appeal to
be without merit. After a review of the record and counsel’s 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
[1] Hodge’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON and HUFF, JJ., concur.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the court in resolving
the issues on appeal, we decide this case without
oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.