THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Troy Lamar Brown,        Appellant.


Appeal From Orangeburg County
Luke N. Brown, Jr., Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-287
Submitted February 20, 2003 – Filed April 29, 2003


APPEAL DISMISSED


Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of Columbia; for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, of Columbia;  and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Troy Lamar Brown appeals from his guilty plea to first-degree burglary and assault and battery with intent to kill.  Brown contends the circuit court judge erred in accepting his guilty plea without properly advising him of the sentencing consequences he faced.  Brown filed a separate pro se brief, arguing his plea should not have been accepted because: (1) he was not advised of the sentencing consequences; (2) he was not afforded a competency hearing; and (3) the indictment for first degree burglary failed to describe an aggravating circumstance of the burglary.  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 [1] Brown’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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


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