State v. Minor

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.

John L. Minor, Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

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

Unpublished Opinion No.   2009-UP-482

Submitted October 1, 2009 – Filed October
14, 2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Assistant Chief Legal Counsel J. Benjamin Aplin, of Columbia, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: John L. Minor appeals the revocation of his probation
arguing the circuit court abused its discretion by sentencing him to prison for
five years, a term significantly longer than he had ever served in the past.  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 the appeal and
grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

HEARN,
C.J., KONDUROS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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