Bradley v. State

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

Freddie
Bradley, Petitioner

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent

Appeal From Williamsburg County

 Paula H. Thomas, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-273

Submitted April 1, 2008 – Filed May 19, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate
Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney John W.
McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant
Attorney General Ashley McMahan, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Petitioner seeks a writ of
certiorari from the denial of his application for post-conviction relief (PCR).

Because the State
did not challenge the PCR’s judge’s finding the Petitioner did not knowingly
and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we grant certiorari 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).

After
a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Petitioner’s pro se 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] Petitioner’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HUFF, KITTREDGE,
and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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