State v. Pitts

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Leroy James
Pitts, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2009-UP-316

Submitted May 1, 2009 – Filed June 11,
2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender  Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
of Columbia; and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Leroy James
Pitts appeals his guilty plea and sentence for robbery and possession of crack,
arguing the plea court erred in failing to explain sentencing consequences to
him.  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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., THOMAS, and KONDUROS, JJ.,
concur.

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