Opinion
No. COA12–1345.
2013-05-7
STATE of North Carolina v. James Anthony ADAMS.
Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Nancy E. Scott, for the State. Leslie C. Rawls for defendant-appellant.
Appeal by defendant from judgment entered 13 June 2012 by Judge F. Lane Williamson in Iredell County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 22 April 2013. Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Nancy E. Scott, for the State. Leslie C. Rawls for defendant-appellant.
STEELMAN, Judge.
On 13 June 2012, defendant pled guilty to the sale of cocaine, two counts of felony breaking and entering, and being an habitual felon. The trial court consolidated the charges into one judgment, and sentenced defendant to an active term of 117 to 150 months imprisonment. Defendant gave oral notice of appeal in open court.
Counsel appointed to represent defendant has been unable to identify any issue with sufficient merit to support a meaningful argument for relief on appeal and asks that this Court conduct its own review of the record for possible prejudicial error. Counsel has also shown to the satisfaction of this Court that she has complied with the requirements of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and State v. Kinch, 314 N.C. 99, 331 S.E.2d 665 (1985), by advising defendant of his right to file written arguments with this Court and providing him with the documents necessary for him to do so.
Defendant has not filed any written arguments on his own behalf with this Court and a reasonable time in which he could have done so has passed. In accordance with Anders, we have fully examined the record to determine whether any issues of arguable merit appear therefrom. We have been unable to find any possible prejudicial error and conclude that the appeal is wholly frivolous.
AFFIRMED. Judges BRYANT and McCULLOUGH concur.
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