State v. Lowery

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Mark James
Lowery, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Sumter County

Honorable George C. James, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-537

Submitted November 2, 2009 – Filed
November 19, 2009   

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, all
of Columbia, Solicitor Cecil K. Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Mark James Lowery, Jr., appeals his convictions for
armed robbery, possession of a weapon, and failure to stop for a blue light. 
On appeal, Lowery argues the trial court erred in allowing the jury to have a
copy of his statement made to law enforcement when it was already read into
evidence, thereby making it cumulative and placing undue emphasis on it. 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.

WILLIAMS, PIEPER, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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