State v. Allen

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NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT 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.

Torrance Bernard Allen, Appellant.

Appeal From Cherokee County

 J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-450

Submitted July 7, 2004 – Filed August
25, 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 Salley W. Elliott,
of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Torrance Bernard Allen pled
guilty to distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine within
one-half mile of a school or park.  Allen appeals, arguing his guilty plea did
not comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S.
238 (1969).  Allen’s counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved
as counsel, stating that she had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal
lacks merit.  Allen did not file a separate pro se brief. 

After a thorough review of the record 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] the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE and HUFF, JJ., concur.

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