State v. Dunlap

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Melvin Dunlap, Appellant.

Appeal From York County

John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-135

Submitted March 1, 2006 – Filed March 9, 2006

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant. 

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Melvin Dunlap appeals his guilty plea to possession of crack cocaine and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.  Counsel for Dunlap attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Dunlap did not file a separate pro se response.

After a thorough 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 dismiss Dunlap’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HUFF, and STILWELL, JJ., concur. 

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