In the Interest of Belton ( 2003 )

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

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In the Interest of Belton Wayne C., a minor under the age of seventeen years,    Appellant.

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Appeal From Kershaw County
Rolly W. Jacobs, Family Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-345
Submitted March 26, 2003 – Filed May 20, 2003

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APPEAL DISMISSED

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Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson; and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

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PER CURIAM:  Belton Wayne C., a minor, pled guilty to probation violation (contempt), breaking and entering a motor vehicle, and possession of a weapon on school property.  He entered a plea of nolo contendere to charges of criminal domestic violence and discharging a firearm into a dwelling.  The judge sentenced Belton to the Department of Juvenile Justice for an indeterminate period not to exceed his twenty-first birthday.  Belton Wayne C.’s appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel additionally submitted a petition to be relieved from representation, asserting there are no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.  Belton Wayne C. did not file a pro se response with the Court.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON, and HUFF, JJ., concur.

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