State v. Sims

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Richard Alvin Sims,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Newberry County

Gary E. Clary, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-180

Submitted January 10, 2003 – Filed March
6, 2003   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of the South Carolina Office
of Appellate Defense, of Columbia; for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
of Columbia; William Townes Jones, of Greenwood; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Richard Alvin Sims (Appellant)
was convicted of failing to stop for a police officer, assaulting a police officer
while resisting arrest, and possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. 
On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final brief along with a petition
to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant has not 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]

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and SHULER, JJ.,
concur.

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