THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

v.

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Appeal From Cherokee County

 Gary E. Clary, Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-645 

Submitted August 20, 2003 – Filed November 4, 2003

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APPEAL DISMISSED

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Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, Office of Appellate Defense, 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 Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Virgil Lee Jefferies appeals from his guilty plea to distribution of crack cocaine.  Jefferies contends the trial judge erred by accepting his guilty plea without advising him of the sentencing consequences. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Jefferies’ counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating she reviewed the record and concluded Jefferies’ appeal lacks merit.  Jefferies filed a pro se brief, arguing the trial judge erred in denying his motion to dismiss his attorney. 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] Jefferies’ appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.