State v. Dukes

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.

Michael A. Dukes, Appellant.

Appeal from Horry County

Edward B. Cottingham, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-423

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October 8, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate
Defender Aileen P. Clare, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense,  of Columbia, for Appellant.

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

PER
CURIAM:  Michael A.
Dukes appeals his conviction of trafficking in crack cocaine for which he
received a sentence of eighteen years confinement.  He maintains the trial court
erred by denying his motion for a directed verdict because the state failed to
prove actual or constructive possession.  Dukes also asserts numerous pro se arguments.  After a thorough
review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Dukes’ pro se brief
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] Dukes’ appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

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

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