State v. Mullis

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Steven Wesley
Mullis, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-399

Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 17,
2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor  Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:   Steven
Mullis appeals from his guilty plea to murder.  The plea judge sentenced him to
forty-two years imprisonment.  Mullis’ counsel attached a petition to be
relieved, stating he reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks
merit.  After a thorough review of the record and counsel’s 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 Mullis’ appeal and grant counsel’s motion
to be relieved.[1] 

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CURETON and GOOLSBY, A.J.J., concur.

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