State v. Hanks

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Joey Hanks,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

Alexander S. Macaulay, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-173

Submitted January 10, 2003 – Filed March
4, 2003  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia; 
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles
H. Richardson, of Columbia;  and Solicitor Druanne Dykes White, of Anderson;
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Joey Hanks appeals from his
guilty plea to multiple charges arising from a traffic stop.  Hanks argues that
prior to accepting his plea, the trial court erred by not granting his motion
to suppress evidence allegedly obtained pursuant to an unlawful search.  Counsel
for Hanks attached to her brief a petition to be relived as counsel, stating
she had reviewed the record and concluded Hanks’s appeal lacks merit.  Hanks
filed a separate pro se brief.  After a thorough review of the record,
Hanks’s pro se brief, 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 [1] Hanks’s appeal and grant counsel’s
motion to be relived.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and SHULER, JJ., concur.

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