State v. Sullivan

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.

Morris Sullivan, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

  D. Garrison Hill, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-478

Submitted August 1, 2008 –File August 11,
2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, South Carolina Commission on
Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, 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 Robert M. Arial, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Morris Sullivan appeals his convictions and sentences
for voluntary manslaughter, possession of a firearm during the commission of a
violent crime, and possession of a firearm by a person under the age of
twenty-one.  Sullivan’s appellate counsel filed a brief and attached a petition
to be relieved as counsel pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738
(1967).  Counsel argues the trial court erred by not directing a verdict by
reason of self-defense and defense of habitation.  Sullivan also filed a pro se brief.  After a thorough review
of the record, counsel’s brief, and Sullivan’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] Sullivan’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

KONDUROS, J., CURETON, A.J., and GOOLSBY, A.J.,
concur.

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