State v. Cooper

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Gordon Cooper,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Marion County

James E. Brogdon, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-425

Submitted April 18, 2003 – Filed
June 24, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

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

PER CURIAM:  Gordon Cooper was convicted
of distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine within the
proximity of a school.  He was sentenced to eighteen years for distribution
of crack cocaine and fifteen years, concurrent, for distribution of crack cocaine
within the proximity of a school.  Cooper’s appellate counsel filed a brief
pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel additionally
submitted a petition to be relieved from representation, asserting there are
no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.  Cooper did not file a pro
se response with the Court.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders
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.
[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON, and HUFF, JJ., concur.

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