State v. Scott

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Anthony Scott,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

Edward B. Cottingham, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-607

Submitted August 20, 2003 – Filed October 20, 2003

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, Warren Blair Giese, Fifth Circuit
Solicitor's Office, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Anthony Scott appeals from his guilty plea to possession
with intent to distribute cocaine.  Scott contends the circuit court judge erred
in accepting his guilty plea without properly advising him of his trial rights
or of the consequences of his plea. We affirm [1] pursuant to Rule 220, SCACR, and State v. McKinney,
278 S.C. 107, 292 S.E.2d 598 (1982).

AFFIRMED.

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

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