State v. Blake

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Derick Tyrone
Blake, Appellant.

Appeal From York County

John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-054

Submitted January 4, 2011 – Filed February
10, 2011   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Derick
Tyrone Blake appeals his convictions for distribution of crack-cocaine and
distribution of crack-cocaine within proximity of a park, and his corresponding
concurrent fifteen-year sentences.  Blake's counsel argues the trial court
erred in allowing the State to question Blake in violation of their
attorney-client privilege and in denying Blake's directed verdict motion. 
Blake filed a pro se brief alleging prosecutorial misconduct, due process
violations, and lack of subject matter jurisdiction.  After a thorough review of the record and both briefs
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] the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

THOMAS, PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur. 

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