State v. Barnett

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.

Phillip
Barnett,        Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 
2005-UP-444

Submitted July 1, 2005 – Filed July 14, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender
Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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, Office of the
Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy,
III,  of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Phillip
Barnett appeals his guilty plea for murder and possession of a firearm during
the commission of a violent crime.  Barnett’s counsel filed a petition to
be relieved as counsel.  No pro se brief was filed. After a thorough
review of the record and counsel’s brief pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991), we dismiss Barnett’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be
relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

ANDERSON, STILWELL, and WILLIAMS,
JJ., concur.

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