State v. Howard Dance

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Howard Dance, Appellant.

Appeal from Sumter County

John C. Few, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-107

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed February
8, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Katherine H. Hudgins,
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 C. Kelly Jackson, of
Sumter, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Howard Dance appeals his convictions and
sentences for two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree
and lewd act upon a minor, arguing the trial court erred in admitting certain
expert testimony.  After a thorough review of the record,
counsel’s brief, and Dance's pro se 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 the appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

WILLIAMS,
PIEPER, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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