State v. Ford

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD 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.

Charles Ford, Appellant.

Appeal From Georgetown County

 Paula H. Thomas, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-561

Submitted November 1, 2004 – Filed November
5, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, Office of Appellate Defense,
of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry
Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy
Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; 
and  Solicitor  John Gregory Hembree, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Charles Ford pled guilty to possession of crack cocaine,
first offense.  He was sentenced to five years in prison, suspended upon the
service of 171 days and three years probation.  Ford appeals, arguing his guilty
plea did not comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama,
395 U.S. 238 (1969).  On appeal, counsel for Ford has filed a brief pursuant
to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that there were
no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting permission to withdraw from
further representation.  Ford has not filed a pro se response. 

After a thorough 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.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

ANDERSON, STILWELL, and SHORT, JJ., concur.

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