State v. Riley

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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.

Keyarda Pierre Riley, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-351

Submitted March 19, 2004 – Filed May 27, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General
John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Keyarda Pierre Riley was convicted
of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.  He was sentenced to six
years in prison.  Riley appeals, arguing the trial court erred in ruling that
Riley could be impeached with a prior conviction for assault and battery of
a high and aggravated nature.  On appeal, counsel for Riley has filed a brief
pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that
there were no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting permission to withdraw
from further representation.  Riley has not filed a 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. [1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

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