State v. Richey

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.

Sharon Richey,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Pickens County

C. Victor Pyle, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-090

Submitted February 1, 2005 – Filed February 8, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda P. Hagler, 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 Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  On March 19, 2003, Sharon Richey
pled guilty to three counts of distribution of methamphetamine and one count
of possession of methamphetamine.  She was sentenced to concurrent sentences
of 12 years imprisonment and ordered to pay a $25,000 fine.  Richey appeals,
arguing her guilty plea did not comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin
v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  On appeal, counsel for Richey has filed
a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting
that there are no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting permission to
withdraw from further representation.  Richey has not filed a pro se
response. 

After a thorough review of the record pursuant
to Anders 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]

ANDERSON, BEATTY, and SHORT, JJ., concur.

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