State v. Rickard

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.

Gene Anthony Rickard,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

 Charles B. Simmons, Jr., Special Circuit
Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-341

Submitted March 19, 2004 – Filed May
18, 2004

Revised and Refiled October 15, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender
Wanda P. Hagler, 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 Thomas M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent. 

PER CURIAM: Gene Anthony Rickard pled guilty
to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to twenty-four years imprisonment,
suspended on the service of twenty-two years imprisonment and five years probation. 
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Rickard’s counsel
attached a petition to be relieved.  Rickard filed a pro se response.

After review of the record 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 dismiss Rickard’s appeal and grant counsel’s
petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ., concurring.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the Court in
resolving any issue on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant
to Rule 215 and 220(b)(2), SCACR.