State v. Holmes

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.

James Holmes, Jr.,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Georgetown County

Paula H. Thomas, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2004-UP-576

Submitted November 1, 2004 – Filed November
16, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, for
Appellant.                        

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley
W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  James Holmes, Jr. appeals his
conviction for armed robbery, possession of a firearm, financial transaction
theft, and financial transaction card fraud.  His counsel attaches a petition
to be relieved as counsel, stating his review of the record leads him to conclude
Holmes’s appeal lacks legal merit sufficient to warrant granting Holmes a new
trial.  After a thorough review of the record and counsel’s brief, we dismiss
Holmes’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved pursuant to Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) and State v. Williams, 305 S.C.
116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991).

APPEAL DISMISSED.
[1]

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and WILLIAMS,
JJ., concur.

[1]   We decide this case without oral argument pursuant
to Rules 215 and 220(b)(2), SCACR.