In the Interest of: Nathan S

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In the Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

In the Interest of:  Nathan S., a Minor under the age of Seventeen Appellant.

Appeal From York County
Barry W. Knobel, Family Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-424
Submitted October 1, 2007 Filed October 8, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, South Carolina Commission on Indigent 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, of Columbia; and Solicitor Christina T. Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Nathan S. appeals his guilty plea for possessing a weapon on school grounds.  He asserts the adjudicatory judge erred by finding he was delinquent because the State's evidence did not establish the mens rea necessary for a violation of the statute.  After a thorough review of the record and counsel's 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] Nathan's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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