State v. Bing

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.

Leon Contrez Bing,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-065

Submitted January 1, 2005 – Filed January 25, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender
Wanda P. Hagler, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Leon Contrez Bing appeals from
his conviction for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, arguing the trial court
erred in allowing the State to exercise a peremptory challenge in a discriminatory
manner.    Bing’s counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as
counsel, stating that she had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal
lacks merit.  Bing filed a separate pro se brief.  After a thorough review
of the record and counsel’s brief 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 [1] Bing’s appeal and grant counsel’s
motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

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