State v. Steward

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.

Timothy Jamal
Steward, Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County

 Steven H. John, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-478  

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October
12, 2007   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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; Jerry W. Peace, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Appellant Timothy Jamal Steward was
convicted for child abuse/ infliction of great bodily harm upon a child and
assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.  The trial court sentenced
Steward to 20 years for child abuse and 10 years for ABHAN, with the sentences
concurrent.  Steward’s counsel
attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating that she
had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit.  Steward filed a separate 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 dismiss[1] the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN,
CJ., HUFF, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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