State v. Abrams

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239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Dontriel Marquis Abrams,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

Alexander S. Macaulay, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-111

Submitted February 1, 2005 – Filed February
11, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender
Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliot,
all of Columbia; and Druanne D. White, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Dontriel Marquis Abrams appeals
from his conviction for trafficking crack cocaine and possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute, arguing a police officer’s reference to his silence
rendered his trial unfair.  Abrams’s counsel attached to the brief a petition
to be relieved as counsel, stating that he had reviewed the record and concluded
this appeal lacks merit.  Abrams filed a separate pro se brief
arguing the trial court lack subject matter jurisdiction, and arguing the trial
judge erred in failing to direct a verdict and sentencing him as a second-time
offender.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Abrams’s
pro se 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] Abrams’s appeal
and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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