State v. Hopkins

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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.

William Carson Hopkins,
Jr.,        Appellant.

Appeal From Florence County

James E. Brogdon, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-004

Submitted January 1, 2005 – Filed January
7, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda P. Hagler, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Edgar L. Clements, III, of Florence, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  William Carson Hopkins, Jr. pled guilty to resisting arrest,
possession of a stolen vehicle, and failure to stop for a blue light, second
offense.  He was sentenced to one year for resisting arrest, five years for
possession of a stolen vehicle, and five years for failure to stop, to be served
concurrently.  Hopkins’s appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel additionally submitted a petition
to be relieved from representation, asserting there are no directly appealable
issues of arguable merit.  Hopkins did not file a pro se response
with the Court.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders and State
v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss the appeal
and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.
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APPEAL DISMISSED.

ANDERSON, STILWELL, and SHORT, JJ., concur.

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