State v. Creech

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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.

Kelvin Creech, Appellant.

Appeal From Barnwell County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-612

Submitted December 1, 2004 – Filed December
7, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, 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 Barbara
R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  In May 2003, Kelvin Creech was tried and found guilty of
failure to stop for a blue light.  He was sentenced to two years imprisonment. 
Creech appeals, arguing the trial court erred by allowing the State to present
inadmissible prejudicial character evidence against him.  On appeal, counsel
for Creech has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S.
738 (1967), asserting that there are no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting
permission to withdraw from further representation.  Creech has not filed 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]

ANDERSON, STILWELL, and SHORT, JJ., concur.

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant
to Rule 215, SCACR.