State v. Gilliard

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.

Paul Lawrence
Gilliard, Appellant.

Appeal From Florence County

 Thomas W. Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-179

Submitted April 1, 2009 – Filed April 30,
2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney Salley W. Elliott, all of
Columbia; and Solicitor Edgar L. Clements, III, of Florence, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Paul Lawrence Gilliard appeals his guilty plea and sentence for
third-degree criminal sexual conduct, arguing the plea judge erred in failing
to dismiss a second charge, possession of a weapon during the commission of a
violent crime, because it was rendered inapplicable by his guilty plea.  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 the appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HUFF,
WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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