State v. Alston

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Darnell Alston,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

Larry R. Patterson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-118

Submitted February 1, 2005 – Filed February
16, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Wanda Lee Adams, of Greenville, 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 Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Darnell Alston (Appellant)
pled guilty to (1) first-degree burglary, (2) armed robbery, (3) two counts
of kidnapping, and (4) first-degree criminal sexual conduct.  Appellant was
sentenced to fifty years in prison for first-degree burglary, and thirty years
each for armed robbery, kidnapping, and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. 

On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final
brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant has filed
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, HUFF, and STILWELL, JJ., concur.

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