State v. Helms

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Brian Scott Helms,       
Appellant.

Appeal From York County

Lee S. Alford, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-517

Submitted May 30, 2003 – Filed August
27, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary,
of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Brian Scott Helms was charged with carrying a pistol unlawfully
and trafficking in cocaine in an amount more than 200 grams, but less than 400
grams.  He pled guilty to carrying a pistol unlawfully and trafficking in cocaine
in an amount more than 28 grams, but less than 100 grams.  He was sentenced
to one year, suspended upon the service of two years probation, for the gun
charge.  As to the drug charge, he was sentenced to fourteen years, plus a $50,000
fine, provided upon the service of fourteen years, the balance is suspended. 
Helms’s appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel additionally submitted a petition to be relieved
from representation, asserting there are no directly appealable issues of arguable
merit.  Helms did not file a pro se response with the Court.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders and State
v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss the appeal
and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.
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APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.

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