State v. Salters

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Brian E. Salters,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-283

Submitted February 20, 2003 – Filed
April 17, 2003   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender
Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia; for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, of
Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Brian E. Salters was convicted
of trafficking in cocaine and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.  On
appeal, counsel for Salters argues the trial judge erred by refusing to suppress
the cocaine because the arresting officer lacked probable cause to stop him. 
In his pro se brief, Salters reiterates counsel’s argument above and, in addition,
argues the trial judge erred by refusing to instruct the jury as to the operational
requirements regarding taillights on motor vehicles.  After a thorough review
of the record, counsel’s brief, and Salter’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 [1] Salters’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

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