DocketNumber： 2003-UP-552
Filed Date： 9/25/2003
Status： Non-Precedential
Modified Date： 10/11/2024
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
The State, Respondent,
v.
Charles Hartley, Appellant,
Appeal From Aiken County
William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-552
Submitted July 15, 2003 Filed September
25, 2003
APPEAL DISMISSED
Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Charles Hartley appeals his convictions for committing or attempting a lewd act upon a minor under the age of sixteen years old and first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Hartley argues the trial judge erred in admitting the victims clothes into evidence because the State failed to establish a complete chain of custody. Hartleys counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating that she had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit. After a thorough review of the record and counsels 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] Hartleys appeal and grant counsels motion to be relieved.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.
[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.