STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
v. Guilford County
No. 04 CRS 72391-92
GIFTON ROBINSON
Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General
Kelly L. Sandling, for the State.
Appellate Defender Staples Hughes, by Assistant Appellate
Defender Anne M. Gomez, for defendant-appellant.
MARTIN, Chief Judge.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of statutory rape of a
fourteen-year-old child, taking indecent liberties with a minor,
and sexual activity in a parental role. Defendant was acquitted of
additional counts of statutory sexual offense, statutory rape, and
indecent liberties. The trial court consolidated the convictions
for judgment and sentenced defendant from the applicable mitigated
range to an active prison term of 185 to 231 months. Defendant
gave notice of appeal.
Counsel appointed to represent defendant has been unable to
identify any issue with sufficient merit to support a meaningful
argument for relief on appeal. She asks that this Court conductits own review of the record for possible prejudicial error.
Counsel has shown to the satisfaction of this Court that she has
complied with the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S.
738, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967), and State v. Kinch, 314 N.C. 99, 331
S.E.2d 665 (1985), by advising defendant of his right to file
written arguments with this Court and providing him with the
documents necessary to do so. Defendant has not filed any written
arguments, and a reasonable time for him to have done so has
passed.
In accordance with Anders, we have fully examined the record
to determine whether any issues of arguable merit appear therefrom.
Finding no possible prejudicial error, we affirm the judgment of
the trial court.
No error.
Judges McGEE and HUNTER concur.
Report per Rule 30(e).
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