State v. Andrews

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.

William Ray Andrews,       
Appellant.

Appeal From York County

Lee S. Alford, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-514

Submitted October 1, 2004 – Filed October
14, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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 Thomas E. Pope, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant, William Ray Andrews,
pled guilty to two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first
degree.  The trial judge sentenced him to concurrent terms of eighteen years
on each charge.  Andrews’ counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved
as counsel, stating that she had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal
lacks merit.  Andrews did not file a separate pro se brief.    

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 [1] the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE and HUFF, JJ., concur.

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