State v. Murdaugh

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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.

Samuel Murdaugh, Appellant.

Appeal
From Bamberg County

 William P. Keesley, Circuit
Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2004-UP-287

Submitted February 23, 2004
– Filed May 3, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender
Tara S. Taggart, 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
Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Appellant pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to thirty years
in prison.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Appellant’s
counsel attached a petition to be relieved.  Appellant has filed 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.