State v. Cross 1

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.

Edward Lee
Cross #1, Appellant.

Appeal From York County

 John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.   2008-UP-048

Submitted January 2, 2008 – Filed January
14, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III , South Carolina Commission
of Indigent Defense, Division 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 Kevin Scott Brackett, ,of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Edward Lee Cross appeals his conviction
for trafficking cocaine.  On appeal,
Cross contends the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on the
defense of entrapment.  Cross’s
counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating
that he had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit.  Cross
filed a separate pro se brief.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and
Cross’s pro se 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 the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HUFF and PIEPER, JJ., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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