State v. Cowan

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.

Sammy K. Cowan, Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

 Lee S. Alford, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-577

Submitted October 1, 2008 – Filed October
14, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Katherine Hudgins, South Carolina Commission of
Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, 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 Christina T. Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Sammy Cowan appeals his convictions for
murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime,
arguing the trial court erred in failing to strike prejudicial statements of
two witnesses.  After a
thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Cowan’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.

ANDERSON,
WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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