State v. Hilton

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Robert Lavern Hilton,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Florence County

L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-498

Submitted June 9, 2003 – Filed August 26, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, Office of Appellate
Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

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

PER CURIAM: Robert Lavern Hilton appeals
from his guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter.  He contends the circuit court
erred by accepting his plea without obtaining a waiver for the right to confront
his accusers.  Hilton’s counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved
as counsel, stating that he had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal
lacks merit.  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
[1] Hilton’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.

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