State v. Brannon

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

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Willie Brannon,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

 Larry R. Patterson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-490

Submitted September 15, 2004 – Filed
September 21, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, Office of Appellate
Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

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

PER CURIAM:  Willie Brannon was convicted
of resisting arrest and assault and battery.  He was sentenced to one year in
prison for resisting arrest and thirty days in prison for assault and battery.
 Brannon appeals, arguing the trial judge erred in ruling he could be impeached
with his prior conviction as a habitual traffic offender.  On appeal, counsel
for Brannon 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.  Brannon 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]

STILWELL, BEATTY and SHORT, JJ., concur.

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