State v. Cook

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.

Daniel Cook, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

 James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2008-UP-096

Submitted February 1, 2008 – Filed
February 11, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, South Carolina Commission, 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 Barbara R.
Morgan,  of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:   Daniel
Cook appeals from his guilty plea to criminal sexual conduct with a minor,
second degree.  The plea judge sentenced him to twelve years jail time.  Cook’s
counsel attached a petition to be relieved, stating he reviewed the record and
concluded this appeal lacks merit.  Cook filed a pro se brief
along with the petition.  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 Cook’s appeal
and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1] 

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN,
C.J., PIEPER, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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