State v. Koifulu Mass

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Koifulu L.
Massaquoi, Appellant.

Appeal from Lexington County

J. Cordell Maddox, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-104

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed February
4, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A.
Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster,
Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney
General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of
Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Koifulu Massaquoi appeals his sentence
for possession of crack/cocaine base, arguing the plea judge abused his
discretion in sentencing him to one year active time when a probationary term,
including drug and alcohol treatment, would have been more appropriate.  After
a thorough review of the record and counsel’s 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 the appeal and grant counsel’s motion to
be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

WILLIAMS,
PIEPER, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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