State v. Herman Belton

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.

Herman Belton, Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

Thomas W. Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.   2009-UP-526

Submitted November 2,2009 – Filed November
19, 2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Lanelle Durant, of
Columbia, for Appellant. 

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Christina T. Adams, of
Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Herman Belton appeals his conviction and
sentence for trafficking in crack cocaine, more than one hundred grams, arguing
the trial court erred in refusing to suppress drug evidence obtained during a
stop that lacked probable cause.  After a thorough review of the record and
briefs 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] Belton's
appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved. 

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

SHORT, THOMAS,
and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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