State v. Rice

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.

Bobby O. Rice, Appellant.

Appeal From Union County

 John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-415

Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 21,
2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, 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:  Bobby
Rice appeals from his guilty
plea to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, distribution of
crack cocaine, and possession of marijuana.  The plea judge sentenced Rice to
concurrent terms of confinement totaling fifteen years.  Rice’s counsel
attached a petition to be relieved, stating she reviewed the record and
concluded this appeal lacks merit.  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 the appeal and
grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CURETON and GOOLSBY, A.J.J., concur.

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