State v. Gordon

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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.

Maurice Leif Gordon,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Marion County

James E. Brogdon, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-525

Submitted October 1, 2004 – Filed October
18, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, Office of
Appellate Defense, 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 Edgar Lewis Clements,
III, of Florence, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Maurice Leif Gordon
appeals his conviction for distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of
crack cocaine within proximity of a school.  He argues the trial court lacked
subject matter jurisdiction to convict him due to faulty indictment and, alternatively,
error in the trial court's denial of his motion for a directed verdict.  After
a thorough review of the record, appellant'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
Gordon’s appeal under Rule 220(b)(2), SCACR, and grant counsel’s motion to be
relieved. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, ANDERSON, and WILLIAMS, JJ.,
concur.

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