State v. Shumpert

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.

Tyrone Shumpert,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Laurens County

James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-095

Submitted February 1, 2005 – Filed February 8, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, 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 William Townes Jones, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Tyrone Shumpert appeals his
convictions for armed robbery and conspiracy.  He argues the trial judge erred
in denying his motion for a directed verdict.  His appellate attorney attaches
a petition to be relieved as Shumpert’s counsel, stating her review of the record
leads her to conclude Shumpert’s appeal lacks legal merit sufficient to warrant
granting Shumpert a new trial.  Shumpert filed a pro se brief. 

After a thorough review of the record,
we dismiss Shumpert’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved pursuant
to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams,
305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991).
[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSY, HUFF, and STILWELL, JJ. concur.

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