State v. Ramirez

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PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Miguel Ramirez, Appellant.

Appeal From Saluda County

 William P. Keesley, Circuit
Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2004-UP-298

Submitted February 20, 2004
– Filed May 5, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Attorney Daniel T.
Stacey, 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 Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Miguel Ramirez
(Appellant) entered pleas under North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25
(1970) to felony charges of driving under the influence (DUI) causing death
and DUI causing bodily injury.  He was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison
and a $10,000 fine for the charge involving death and a consecutive fifteen
years and a fine of $5,000 for the bodily injury charge.

On appeal, counsel for Appellant
has filed a final brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant
has filed a pro se response.  After a thorough 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 the appeal and
grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.              

APPEAL DISMISSED.
[1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE,
JJ., concur.

[1]   This case is decided without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215,
SCACR.