State v. Copeland

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PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

John Copeland, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

 Diane Schafer Goodstein, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-499

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October
29, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Eleanor Duffy Cleary, South Carolina Commission on Indigent
Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

J. Benjamin Aplin,  of the South Carolina Department of Probation,
Parole & Pardon, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  John Copeland appeals the circuit court’s revocation of his
probation from his conviction for threatening the life of a public official.  Copeland
argues the circuit court erred in revoking his probation without providing appellant with an opportunity to be
heard.  We find this argument not preserved for
our review because Copeland failed to voice any objections at the revocation
hearing.  See State
v. Adams, 354 S.C. 361,
380, 580 S.E.2d 785, 795 (Ct. App. 2003) (“Arguments not raised to or ruled
upon by the trial court are not preserved for appellate review.”).  Copeland’s
counsel has petitioned to be relieved as counsel, stating that he has reviewed
the record and has concluded Copeland’s appeal is without merit.  Copeland has
not filed a pro se  brief. 

After a thorough
review of the record 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
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.

HEARN, C.J.,
HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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