State v. Pellum

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NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE
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239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Aaron W. Pellum, Appellant.

Appeal From Colleton
County

 Perry M. Buckner, Circuit
Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2004-UP-288

Submitted February 23, 2004
– Filed May 3, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph
L. Savitz, 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
Randolph  Murdaugh, of Hampton, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Appellant was convicted of murder and first-degree burglary, and
he was sentenced.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
Appellant’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved.  Appellant did not file
a pro se response.   

After
a review of the record as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S.
738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991),
we hold there are no directly appealable issues that are arguable on their merits. 
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved. [1]    

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY,
HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.   

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