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2005-UP-478 - State v. Dupree

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Derrick Dupree,        Appellant.


Appeal From Marlboro County
J. Michael Baxley, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-478
Submitted August 1, 2005 � Filed August 8, 2005  


APPEAL DISMISSED


Acting Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda H. Carter, Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia; and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge, Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Derrick Dupree was convicted of distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine within half of a mile of a public park.  Dupree received two concurrent ten-year sentences.  Dupree�s counsel filed a motion to be relieved as counsel pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).  After a thorough review of the record and the briefs, we dismiss[1] this appeal pursuant to Anders and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991).  Counsel�s motion to be relieved is granted. 

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

ANDERSON, HUFF, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.


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