State v. Tucker

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Christopher Tucker,       
Appellant,

Appeal From Richland County

Henry F. Floyd, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-608

Submitted August 20, 2003 – Filed October
20, 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, Assistant Deputy Attorney
General Charles H. Richardson, of Columbia; Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia;
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Christopher Tucker appeals
from his guilty plea to distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack
cocaine within the proximity of a school or park, arguing the trial judge violated
the mandate of Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1965), by accepting his
plea.  Tucker’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. 
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
[1] Tucker’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

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