State v. Brown

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

James Arthur Brown, Jr.,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

Donald W. Beatty, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-516

Submitted May 30, 2003 – Filed August
27, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  James Arthur Brown, Jr. was convicted of murder.  He was
sentenced to life imprisonment.  Brown’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.  Brown filed 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.
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APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.

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