State v. Coleman

THIS OPINION HAS NO 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.

Curtis Coleman, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

 James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-455

Submitted July 7, 2004 – Filed August 26, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, Office of Appellate Defense,
of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General
John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Curtis Coleman appeals his conviction for forgery, arguing
the trial judge erred in accepting his guilty plea before requiring the State
to present its factual basis for the charge.  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 Coleman’s appeal under Rule 220(b)(2), SCACR and grant counsel’s
motion to be relieved. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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