Fulmer v. State

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EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Robert Matthew Fulmer, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2017-001437

Appeal From Pickens County
Robin B. Stilwell, Trial Judge
George C. James, Jr., Post-Conviction Relief Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-285
Submitted September 1, 2020 – Filed October 7, 2020

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of
Columbia, for Petitioner.

Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Megan
Harrigan Jameson, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the denial of his
application for post-conviction relief (PCR). Because there is sufficient evidence
to support the PCR judge's finding that Petitioner did not knowingly and
intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we grant certiorari on Petitioner's
Question One and proceed with a review of the direct appeal issue pursuant to
Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986). We deny certiorari on
Petitioner's Question Two.

Petitioner's direct appeal is dismissed after review pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967). Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted.

APPEAL DISMISSED.1

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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