State v. Ridley

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The
State,        Respondent,

v.

Richard Ridley,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

James R. Barber, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2003-UP-561

Submitted July 15, 2003 – Filed September
29, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Richard Ridley pled guilty to third degree criminal sexual
conduct (CSC), assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (ABHAN),
and failure to register as a sex offender.  He was sentenced to ten years for
third degree CSC, ten years, consecutive, for ABHAN, and ninety days, consecutive,
for failure to register as a sex offender.  Ridley’s appellate counsel filed
a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel
additionally submitted a petition to be relieved from representation, asserting
there are no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.  Ridley did not file
a pro se response with the Court.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders 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.
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APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.

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