State v. Godard

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Jermaine Antonio Godard, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County
 Reginald I. Lloyd, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.   2007-UP-407
Submitted October 1, 2007 Filed October 4, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Teresa A Knox, S.C. Dept. of Probation Parole & Pardon, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant, Jermaine Antonio Godard, pled guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to five years imprisonment, suspended to three years of probation.  Following a probation revocation hearing, the court revoked four years of Godard's suspended sentence and terminated his probation.  Godard's 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.  Godard did not file a separate pro se brief.  After a thorough review of the record 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] the appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, CJ., HUFF, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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