In the Interest of David W. S.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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

In the Interest of: David W.S.,

A Minor under the age of Seventeen,        Appellant.

Appeal From Cherokee County

Wesley L. Brown, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-235

Submitted January 29, 2004 – Filed March 31, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, 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 Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  The family court conducted
a hearing upon a juvenile petition that charged David W.S., a minor under the
age of seventeen, with petty larceny and three counts of grand larceny.  The
family court adjudicated David delinquent and committed him to the South Carolina
Department of Juvenile Justice for an indefinite period not to exceed his twenty-first
birthday.  David appeals, contending the family court erred in denying his motion
for directed verdicts.  His counsel attached to the final brief a petition to
be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded David’s
appeal was without merit.  David has not filed a pro se brief.

After a thorough review of the record on appeal
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 grant counsel’s petition
and dismiss the appeal. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

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