State v. Jefferies

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,

Respondent,

v.

Virgil Lee Jefferies,

Appellant.

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Appeal From Cherokee County

 Gary E. Clary, Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-645 

Submitted August 20, 2003 – Filed November
4, 2003

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APPEAL DISMISSED

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Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, 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,
all of Columbia;  and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Virgil Lee Jefferies appeals
from his guilty plea to distribution of crack cocaine.  Jefferies contends the
trial judge erred by accepting his guilty plea without advising him of the sentencing
consequences. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
Jefferies’ counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel,
stating she reviewed the record and concluded Jefferies’ appeal lacks merit. 
Jefferies filed a pro se brief, arguing the trial judge erred
in denying his motion to dismiss his attorney. 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] Jefferies’ appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.

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