State v. Gaines

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.

Montavious Gaines, Appellant.

Appeal From Saluda County

William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2009-UP-446

Submitted September 1, 2009 – Filed
October 2, 2009 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Katharine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, 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 Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Montavious Gaines appeals his convictions
for armed robbery, criminal conspiracy, and assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature.  Gaines argues the trial court erred in admitting testimony
from a police officer identifying Gaines as the assailant.  Additionally,
Gaines filed a pro se brief.  After a thorough review of the record and all briefs
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. 

SHORT,
WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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