State v. Causey

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.

Jimmy H. Causey #1,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-081

Submitted February 1, 2005 – Filed February
4, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda P. Hagler, Office
of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

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

PER CURIAM:  Jimmy H. Causey was convicted
of armed robbery, first-degree burglary, grand larceny, petit larceny, and six
counts of kidnapping.  He received a total sentence of twenty years, and he
appeals. 

Pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for Causey attached to the final brief a petition
to be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded
that Causey’s appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial. 
Causey filed a separate pro se response. 

After thorough review of the record and the pro
se brief 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]

ANDERSON, BEATTY, and SHORT, JJ., concur.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the court in resolving the issues
on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215,
SCACR.