State v. Dunham

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.

Joseph Michael Dunham,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

A. Victor Rawl, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-523

Submitted October 1, 2004 – Filed October
14, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda P. Hagler, South
Carolina 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 Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Joseph Dunham (Appellant) pled
guilty under North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), to committing
a lewd act upon a minor.  The trial court sentenced Appellant to ten years in
prison.  The court suspended Appellant’s sentence and placed him on probation
for 30 months on the condition that he assist the State as indicated in their
plea agreement. 

On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed
a brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant did not
file a pro se response.  After a thorough 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 the appeal and
grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.      

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOSLBY, ANDERSON, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

[1]   This case is decided without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215,
SCACR.