State v. Adkins

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Willie L. Adkins,       
Appellant.

Appeal From York County

John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-580

Submitted July 15, 2003 – Filed October
2, 2003   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for Appellant

Deputy Director for Legal Services Teresa A. Knox, Legal Counsel
Tommy Evans, Jr. and Legal Counsel J. Benjamin Aplin, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:   Willie L. Adkins pleaded
guilty to three counts of forgery.  On each count, the judge sentenced him to
five years imprisonment suspended upon the service of two years probation and
the payment of $770.46 in restitution.  The sentences were to be served concurrently. 
After Adkins violated his probation and subsequent orders, the judge revoked
Adkins’s three, concurrent, five-year sentences and converted Adkins’s outstanding
balance to a civil judgment.  Adkins appeals the revocation of his probation.

Pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for Adkins attached to the final brief a petition
to be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded
Adkins’s appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial.  Adkins
filed a separate pro se response.

After a thorough review of the record pursuant
to Anders 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.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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