State v. Allen

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Torrance Bernard Allen, Appellant.

Appeal From Cherokee County
 J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-450
Submitted July 7, 2004 Filed August 25, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, 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 Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Torrance Bernard Allen pled guilty to distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine within one-half mile of a school or park.  Allen appeals, arguing his guilty plea did not comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  Allen's counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating that she had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit.  Allen did not file a separate pro se brief. 

After a thorough 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 [1] the appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE and HUFF, JJ., concur.

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