State v. Chronister

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

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Alan Dale Chronister,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

Marc H. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-125

Submitted November 19, 2003 – Filed
February 26, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, Office
of Appellate Defense, 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 Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Alan Chronister was sentenced
to twenty years in prison following his plea to numerous charges. He appeals,
arguing his plea was involuntary. Counsel for Chronister attached to the final
brief a petition to be relieved as counsel. Chronister filed a separate pro
se response. 

After a review of the record as required
by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams,
305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we hold there are no directly appealable
issues that are arguable on their merits.  Accordingly, we dismiss Chronister’s
appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HUFF, STILWELL, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.