State v. Michael Gould

THIS OPINION
HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN
ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Michael J.
Gould, Appellant.

Appeal From Kershaw County

G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-168

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed March 1,
2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Michael J. Gould appeals his conviction
for lewd act upon a child and sentence of eight years' imprisonment.  He
contends the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for a directed
verdict.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel's brief, and Gould's pro se 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] Gould's
appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

SHORT, THOMAS,
and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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