State v. Johnson

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.

Mickey Johnson, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

 James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No.    2004-UP-470Submitted September 15, 2004 – Filed
September 16, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, 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,
Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan,
of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Mickey Johnson was convicted of possession of cocaine,
third offense, and was sentenced to four years imprisonment.  He appeals.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for Johnson
attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating she
had reviewed the record and concluded Johnson’s appeal is without legal merit
sufficient to warrant a new trial.  Johnson did not file 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.