State v. Jones

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Carlos Jones,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Sumter County

Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-461

Submitted March 26, 2003 – Filed July 8, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Atty 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, all of Columbia;  and Solicitor Cecil Kelley Jackson, of Sumter,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Carlos Jones was indicted by
the Sumter County grand jury for murder, first degree burglary, first degree
criminal sexual conduct, robbery and conspiracy. The jury found Jones guilty
of first degree burglary, robbery and conspiracy and he was sentenced to twenty
five years for burglary, fifteen years for robbery, and five years for conspiracy.
Counsel for Jones attached a petition to be relieved to the final brief stating
he had reviewed the record and found the appeal to be without merit.  Jones
filed a separate pro se brief.   After a review of the record
and counsel’s and Jones’s 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] Jones’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.