State v. Lowden

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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.

Cedric Fitzgerald Lowden, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County
 Henry F. Floyd, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No.    2004- UP-481
Submitted September 14, 2004 Filed September 16, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster,  Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Cedric Lowden (Appellant) was convicted of burglary in the second degree.  He was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of fifteen years.

On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant filed a pro se response.  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 the appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOSLBY, ANDERSON, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

[1]   This case is decided without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.