State v. Speaks

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE
239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Clarence D. Speaks, Jr.,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

John W. Kittredge, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-230

Submitted January 29, 2004 – Filed March 31, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, Office of Appellate
Defense, 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 Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Clarence D. Speaks, Jr. (Appellant)
was convicted of first-degree burglary and assault and battery with intent to
kill (ABIK).  He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of fifteen years for
first-degree burglary and ten years for ABIK.  Restitution was also ordered
by the court. 

On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final
brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant has 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]

GOOSLBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

[1]   This case is decided without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215,
SCACR.