State v. Gilchrist

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.

Anthony Tyrone Gilchrist,
Appellant.

Appeal From Greenwood
County

 John W. Kittredge, Circuit
Court Judge

 Wyatt T. Saunders, Jr, Circuit
Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2004-UP-310

Submitted February 20, 2004
– File May 7, 2004  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate
Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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 William Townes Jones, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Anthony Tyrone Gilchrist appeals his conviction for distribution of crack cocaine. 
Gilchrist’s appellate counsel has petitioned to be relieved as counsel, stating
she has reviewed the record and has concluded Gilchrist’s appeal is without
merit.  The issue briefed by counsel concerns whether the trial court erred
in declining to direct a verdict for the defense.  Gilchrist has not filed any
documents with this court on his own behalf.

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 in this case that are arguable on their merits. 
Accordingly, we dismiss Gilchrist’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be
relieved.1

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HUFF, and
HOWARD, JJ., concur.

1 
Because oral argument would not aid the court in resolving the issues
on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rules 215
and 220(b)(2), SCACR.