THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals


In the Interest of Belton Wayne C., a minor under the age of seventeen years,        Appellant.


Appeal From Kershaw County
Rolly W. Jacobs, Family Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-345
Submitted March 26, 2003 – Filed May 20, 2003


APPEAL DISMISSED


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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson; and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM:  Belton Wayne C., a minor, pled guilty to probation violation (contempt), breaking and entering a motor vehicle, and possession of a weapon on school property.  He entered a plea of nolo contendere to charges of criminal domestic violence and discharging a firearm into a dwelling.  The judge sentenced Belton to the Department of Juvenile Justice for an indeterminate period not to exceed his twenty-first birthday.  Belton Wayne C.’s appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel additionally submitted a petition to be relieved from representation, asserting there are no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.  Belton Wayne C. did not file a pro se response with the Court.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders 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. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON, and HUFF, JJ., concur.


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