State v. Drayton

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Andrew Drayton,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-137

Submitted December 23, 2003 – Filed
February 27, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Columbia,
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 Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  A grand jury indicted
Andrew Drayton for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession
of cocaine with intent to distribute within the proximity of a school, and resisting
arrest.  Drayton was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute
and resisting arrest and sentenced to fifteen-years imprisonment for possession
of cocaine with intent to distribute and six-months imprisonment for resisting
arrest.  Furthermore, the circuit court revoked two years of an unrelated-probationary
sentence, all of the sentences to run concurrently.  Pursuant to Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Drayton’s counsel attached a petition to
be relieved.  Drayton filed a pro se response.

After review of the record 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 Drayton’s appeal and grant counsel’s
petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.
[1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE,
JJ., concurring.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the Court in resolving any issue
on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215
and 220(b)(2), SCACR.