State v. Whitfield

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD 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.

William Scott
Whitfield, Appellant.

Appeal From York County

 G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-289

Submitted June 1, 2007 – Filed June 7,
2007   

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 Salley W. Elliott, all
of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  William Whitfield pled guilty to four
counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of lewd act on a
child.  The trial court sentenced him to concurrent terms of imprisonment
totaling twenty years.  Whitfield argues on appeal that his sentence was constitutionally
disproportionate.  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] Whitfield’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE,
J., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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