State v. Cross 2

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.

Edward Lee
Cross #2, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-049

Submitted January 2, 2008 – Filed January
14, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Aileen P. Clare, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division
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, all
 of Columbia; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Edward Lee Cross pled guilty to four
counts of forgery and was given concurrent and consecutive sentences totaling
eight years.  On appeal, Cross contends
his sentence is unconstitutionally disproportionate.  Cross’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.  Cross did not file a separate pro se brief.  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.

HUFF and PIEPER, JJ., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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