State v. Anderson

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Rufus Julius Anderson,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

C. Victor Pyle, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-124

Submitted December 23, 2003 – Filed
February 25, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender
Wanda H. Haile, of Columbia, for Appellant.

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

PER CURIAM: Rufus Anderson (Appellant) pled
guilty to resisting arrest, purse snatching, receiving stolen goods, malicious
injury to personal property, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, financial
transaction card fraud, financial transaction card theft, and three counts of
attempted financial transaction card fraud.  He was sentenced to an aggregate
period of twenty years imprisonment.  On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed
a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting
that there were no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting permission
to withdraw from further representation.  Appellant has not filed a pro
se response. 

After a thorough 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.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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