DocketNumber： 2005-UP-037
Filed Date： 1/14/2005
Status： Non-Precedential
Modified Date： 10/11/2024
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.
John A. Allen, Jr., Appellant.
Appeal From Abbeville County
Wyatt T. Saunders, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-037
Submitted January 1, 2005 Filed January
14, 2005
APPEAL DISMISSED
Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, Office 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 , Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor William Townes Jones, of Greenwood, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: John A. Allen appeals the denial of his motion for a directed verdict, arguing that the trial judge improperly allowed the jury to engage in conjecture and speculation. 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 Allens appeal under Rule 220(b)(2), SCACR, and grant counsels motion to be relieved.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.