Opinion
2013-UP-136
04-10-2013
Jack Randy Sloan, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2010-162487
Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Adam West Lee, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted February 1, 2013
Appeal From Anderson County Roger L. Couch, Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Adam West Lee, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the dismissal of his application for post-conviction relief. The State consents to Petitioner's request for a belated direct appeal. Accordingly, we grant the petition for a writ of certiorari and proceed with a review of the direct appeal issue pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986).
Petitioner appeals his convictions of two counts of lewd act upon a child under sixteen, one count of obscene exposure of private parts in a lewd manner, and one count of criminal sexual conduct, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to admit evidence of third-party guilt. After a thorough review of the record and all briefs 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 Petitioner's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
FEW, C. J, and GEATHERS and LOCKEMY, JJ, concur