State v. Santana

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OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Jesus Santana,
Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From York County

 J. Michael Baxley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-355

Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 10,
2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, 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; Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Jesus
Santana, Jr., pled guilty to trafficking
cocaine in an amount of 28 to 100 grams.  He was sentenced to fifteen years
imprisonment.  On appeal, Santana alleges the trial court erred in accepting his
guilty plea because the State failed to introduce any evidence proving the quantity
of cocaine and whether the substance was in fact cocaine.  Santana did not file
a pro se brief.  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.