State v. Burgess

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Trayawn L. Burgess,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Florence County

J. Michael Baxley, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-427

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:  Trayawn L. Burgess pled guilty
to simple possession of crack cocaine, resisting arrest, and failure to stop
for a blue light.  He was sentenced to ten years for possession of crack cocaine,
three years, concurrent, for failure to stop for a blue light, and one year,
concurrent, for resisting arrest. Burgess’ 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.  Burgess 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.