State v. Franklin

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Kevin Lamont Franklin, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County
G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.   2009-UP-443
Submitted September 1, 2009 Filed October 1, 2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliot, and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Kevin Lamont Franklin, Jr. appeals his conviction for first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, arguing the trial court erred by allowing the State to present evidence that constituted a variance of proof from the allegations in the indictment.  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. 

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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