State v. Chapman

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.

David M. Chapman, Appellant.

Appeal
from Charleston County

Doyet
A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2007-UP-297

Submitted June 1,
2007 – Filed June 8, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Joseph L.
Savitz, III, 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 Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston,
for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  David M. Chapman pled guilty to first-degree burglary, strong
armed robbery and voluntary manslaughter.  The plea judge sentenced Chapman to
thirty-five years imprisonment.  Chapman’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 direct appeal issues of arguable merit.  Chapman filed 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.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

ANDERSON,
HUFF, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

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