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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Freddie Bradley, Petitioner

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent

Appeal From Williamsburg County
 Paula H. Thomas, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-273
Submitted April 1, 2008 – Filed May 19, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Ashley McMahan, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the denial of his application for post-conviction relief (PCR).

Because the State did not challenge the PCR’s judge’s finding the Petitioner did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we grant certiorari and proceed with a review of the direct appeal issue pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986).

After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Petitioner’s pro se 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] Petitioner’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HUFF, KITTREDGE, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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