State v. Green

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Aaron Terrell Green,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Georgetown County

Paula H. Thomas, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-288

Submitted February 20, 2003 – Filed April 29, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellant Defender Wanda H. Haile, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia;  and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Aaron Terrell Green appeals
from his guilty plea to assault and battery with intent to kill.  Green asserts
the trial court erred in accepting his guilty plea without making an inquiry
into whether Green understood that the plea would waive his right to cross-examine
witnesses. Green filed a separate pro se brief, arguing the plea was
entered unknowingly, unintelligently, and involuntarily because: (1) Green did
not understand the elements of the offense; (2) Green was never told he would
be required to serve at least 85% of his sentence or that he would have to be
in a supervised program after serving the statutory maximum sentence; (3) the
trial court did not sufficiently inquire into the facts of the case; and (4)
defense counsel was incompetent. 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] Green’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CURETON and GOOLSBY, JJ., concur.

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