State v. Coker

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.

Shameen Coker,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Beaufort County

Perry M. Buckner, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-528

Submitted October 1, 2004 – Filed October
20, 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, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Randolph  Murdaugh, III, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Shameen Coker appeals his convictions
for murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery.  The trial judge sentenced Coker
to thirty years imprisonment for murder and a consecutive sentence of fifteen
years imprisonment for armed robbery.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S.
738 (1967), counsel for Coker attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved
as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded Coker’s appeal
is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial.  Coker filed a separate
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]   Because oral argument would not aid the court in resolving the issues
on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215,
SCACR.