State v. Brown

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Connie J. Brown,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Horry County

James E. Lockemy, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-150

Submitted December 23, 2003 – Filed March 2, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III , Office of Appellate
Defense, 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 John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Connie Brown (Appellant) was
convicted of two counts of murder, two counts of lynching, and one count of
criminal conspiracy.  She was sentenced to concurrent terms of life in prison
for the murders, twenty years on each lynching charge, and five years for criminal
conspiracy.

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 KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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