State v. Truesdell

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.

George C. Truesdell, Applleant.

Appeal From Berkeley County

 J. C. Buddy Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-293

Submitted June 1, 2007 – Filed June 7,
2007   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Ridgeville, 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 Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  George Truesdell pled guilty to four counts of lewd
act on a minor and was sentenced to consecutive and concurrent terms of
confinement totaling thirty years.  Truesdell argues on appeal that his
sentence was constitutionally disproportionate.  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] Truesdell’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE,
J., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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