State v. Walters

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Marion Anthony
Walters, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-654

Submitted December 1, 2008 – Filed
December 4, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, 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; Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Walters appeals his sentences for distribution of cocaine, arguing the plea judge abused his discretion in
imposing three concurrent six year sentences.  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] Walters’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Hearn, C.J., Short and Konduros,
JJ., concur

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