State v. Hamer

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Barry Anthony Hamer,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Florence County

James E. Brogdon, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-496 

Submitted June 9, 2003 – Filed August 26, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, Office of Appellate
Defense, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia;  and Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Barry Anthony Hamer appeals
from his guilty plea to armed robbery and two counts of assault and battery
with intent to kill.  He contends the circuit court erred by accepting his guilty
plea without properly advising him of the sentencing consequences he faced. 
Hamer’s counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel,
stating she had reviewed the record and concluded Hamer’s 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
[1] Hamer’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.

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