State v. Canty

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

John Franklin Canty, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County
 James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-214
Submitted April 4, 2009 Filed May 20, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,

Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: John Franklin Canty appeals his conviction and sentence for armed robbery.  He argues the trial judge erred in refusing to suppress evidence of an out-of-court identification.  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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., PIEPER and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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