State v. Seawright

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Wallace Seawright, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County
 William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-307
Submitted February 20, 2004 Filed May 6, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Wallace Seawright was convicted of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute within the proximity of a school.  {R. 104-105}  He was sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and ten years imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute within the proximity of a school, the sentences to run concurrently.  {R. 111-112}  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Seawright's counsel attached a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Seawright did not file a pro se response.

After review of the record 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 Seawright's appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concurring.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the Court in resolving any issue on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215 and 220(b)(2), SCACR.