Dover v. State

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EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Mickey Terrell Dover, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2011-188950

Appeal From Cherokee County
Roger L. Couch, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-210
Submitted March 1, 2013 – Filed May 22, 2013

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for
Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant
Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant
Attorney General Suzanne Hollifield White, all of
Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the denial of his
application for post-conviction relief (PCR). Because there is sufficient evidence
to support the PCR judge's finding that Petitioner did not knowingly and
intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we grant certiorari and proceed with
a review of the direct appeal issue pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342
S.E.2d 60 (1986). We otherwise deny the petition for writ of certiorari.

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 Petitioner's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be
relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.1

FEW, C.J., and GEATHERS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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