State v. Taylor

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.

Therl Avery
Taylor, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From York County

Lee S. Alford, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-425

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October
9, 2007   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka,
all of Columbia; Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant, Therl Avery Taylor, Jr., was indicted for
and convicted of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a
violent crime.  The trial judge sentenced Taylor to concurrent sentences of
thirty-six years for murder and five years for possession of a weapon during
the commission of a violent crime.  Taylor’s
counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating
that he had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit.  Taylor filed a separate pro se brief.  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[1] the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN,
C.J., HUFF, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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