State v. McKnight

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Wayne McKnight,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Florence County

James E. Brogdon, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-581

Submitted July 15, 2003 – Filed October
2, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia;  and Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:        Wayne McKnight was convicted
of second degree burglary and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment.  He appeals.

Pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for McKnight attached to the final brief a petition
to be relieved as counsel, stating he had reviewed the record and concluded
McKnight’s appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial. 
McKnight did not file a separate pro se response.

After a thorough 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.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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