State v. Allen

PER CURIAM: In October 2003, Patrick Allen was tried and found guilty of
two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggra

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.

Patrick Javir Allen,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Cherokee County

Larry R. Patterson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-069

Submitted January 1, 2005 – Filed January
26, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender
Tara Taggart, 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,
Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy,
III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: In October 2003, Patrick Allen
was tried and found guilty of two counts of assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature and first-degree burglary.  He was sentenced to concurrent
terms of fifteen years for the burglary and ten years for each assault and battery
of a high and aggravated nature.  On appeal, counsel for Allen 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.  Allen 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.