State v. Batts

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Sylvester Batts,       
Appellant,

Appeal From Richland County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-643

Submitted August 20, 2003 – Filed November
4, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender, Tara S. Taggart,
Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Deputy Director for Legal Services
Teresa A. Knox, Legal Counsel Tommy Evans, Jr., and Legal Counsel J. Benjamin
Aplin, S.C. Dept. of Probation, Parole & Pardon Services, all of Columbia,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Sylvester Batts appeals from
his probation revocation, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion
by acting arbitrarily and capriciously in revoking Batts’s probation.  Batts’s
counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating
that she had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit.  After
a thorough review of the record and counsel’s 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] Batts’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., ANDERSON, J., and CURETON, A.J.,
concur.

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