State v. Williams

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 Williams, Appellant.

Appeal
from Florence County

Howard
P. King, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2007-UP-291

Submitted June 1,
2007 – Filed June 7, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor
Duffy Cleary, 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:  David Williams pled guilty to two counts of forgery.  The plea
judge sentenced Williams to three years imprisonment.  Williams’ 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.  Williams 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.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

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

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