State v. Billups

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.

Leon Billups, Appellant.

Appeal From Clarendon County

George C. James, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-297

Submitted May 1, 2009 – Filed June 8, 2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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 Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Leon
Billups appeals his guilty pleas and sentences for two counts of cocaine base
distribution and distribution of cocaine base in proximity of a school, arguing
the plea court failed to advise him of the constitutional rights he would be
waiving by pleading guilty.  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.

HEARN, C.J., THOMAS, and KONDUROS, JJ.,
concur.

 

 

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