State v. Strickland

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.

Dow Strickland, Appellant.

Appeal From

Dorchester

County

Steven H. John, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-437

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October 9, 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; and
Solicitor David M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Dow Strickland appeals his conviction for attempting
to obtain a controlled substance by fraud.  Strickland argues
the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict of acquittal in Strickland’s
favor due to a failure of the State to present direct evidence, or substantial
circumstantial evidence of Strickland’s guilt.  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[1] Strickland’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

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

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