State v. Burke

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

  v.

Larry Eugene Burke,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Cherokee County

Gary E. Clary, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-346

Submitted March 26, 2003 – Filed
May 20, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Larry Eugene Burke pled guilty
to criminal sexual conduct with a minor, second degree.  He was sentenced to
twenty years and ordered to register as a sex offender.  Burke’s appellate counsel
filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). 
Counsel additionally submitted a petition to be relieved from representation,
asserting there are no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.  Burke
did not file a pro se response with the Court.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders
and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss
the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.
[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON, and HUFF, JJ., concur.

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