State v. Pringle

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT
BE CITED OR RELIED ON 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.

Anthony D. Pringle, Appellant.

Appeal From Sumter County

 Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-377   

Submitted April 21, 2004 – Filed June 17, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

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 Donald
J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Cecil Kelley Jackson, of Sumter,
for Respondents.

PER CURIAM:  Anthony Pringle reached a negotiated
plea with prosecutors, accepting a thirty-year sentence on a murder and other
charges. Pringle now appeals, alleging his plea was not voluntary. Counsel for
Pringle attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel. Pringle
did not file a separate pro se response. 

After a review of the record as required
by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams,
305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we hold there are no directly appealable
issues that are arguable on their merits.  Accordingly, we dismiss Pringle’s
appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.