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2007-UP-387 - State v. Townsend

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Thomas Townsend, Appellant.


Appeal From Orangeburg County
�Diane Schafer Goodstein, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-387
Submitted September 1, 2007 � Filed September 24, 2007��


APPEAL DISMISSED


Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, �all of Columbia; Solicitor David M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Thomas Townsend pled guilty to driving under the influence, second offense.� He was sentenced to one year imprisonment and a fine of $2,100, suspended on time served plus three years� probation and payment of $1,000. �The trial judge also imposed the following probation conditions: (1) substance abuse counseling; (2) random drug and alcohol testing�to include drug testing at least once a month; (3) attendance of at least three Alcohol Anonymous meetings per week; (4) intensive outpatient drug treatment if needed; and (5) anger management counseling.� On appeal, Townsend argues the trial judge abused her discretion by ordering the additional probation conditions.� We disagree.� It is well within the authority of the trial judge to impose probation conditions.� See S.C. Code Ann. � 24-21-430 (Supp. 2005) (listing thirteen conditions of probation and stating �[t]he court may impose by order duly entered and may at any time modify the conditions of probation and may include among them� the listed conditions or others not prohibited by this section); see also State v. Brown, 284 S.C. 407, 410, 326 S.E.2d 410, 411 (1985) (holding trial courts are �allowed a wide, but not unlimited, discretion in imposing conditions of suspension or probation and they cannot impose conditions which are illegal and void as against public policy�).� The conditions imposed in this case are not unreasonable or against public policy.

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[1] Townsend�s appeal and grant counsel�s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.


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