State v. Chapman

SCREENING MEMORANDUM

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL
VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT
AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Terry Chapman,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-321

Submitted March 19, 2004 – Filed May 14, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart,
Office of Appellate Defense, 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; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Terry Chapman was given one
ten-year and two fifteen-year sentences after pleading guilty to various charges
stemming a car accident that resulted in the deaths of two passengers in a car
Chapman was driving. Chapman now appeals, arguing that his plea was involuntary. 
Counsel for Chapman attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as
counsel. Chapman did not file a separate pro se response. 

After a review of the record as required
by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams,
305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we hold there are no directly appealable
issues that are arguable on their merits.  Accordingly, we dismiss Chapman’s
appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.