State v. Cooley

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.

David Jeffrey
Cooley, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

 James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-485

Submitted August 1, 2008 – Filed August
12, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine 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 Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  David Jeffrey Cooley was tried for and convicted of
first-degree burglary and petit larceny.  He was sentenced to twenty years’
imprisonment for burglary and thirty days’ imprisonment for petit larceny, to
be served concurrently.  Cooley appeals his conviction, arguing the circuit
court erred in admitting a photograph depicting Cooley in handcuffs.  Cooley’s
counsel attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel
pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), stating she had
reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacked merit.  After a thorough
review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Cooley’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[1] Cooley’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved. 

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

KONDUROS, J., CURETON and
GOOLSBY, A.J.J., concur.

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