Hill v. State

Full title: Charlton L. Hill, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Jan 31, 2018

Appellate Case No. 2015-002428 (S.C. Ct. App. Jan. 31, 2018)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2015-002428 Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-049

01-31-2018

Charlton L. Hill, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Petitioner; and Charlton L. Hill, pro se. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Megan Harrigan Jameson, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR. Appeal From Darlington County
J. Michael Baxley, Trial Judge
Thomas A. Russo, Post-Conviction Relief Judge

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Petitioner; and Charlton L. Hill, pro se. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Megan Harrigan Jameson, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM : Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the denial of his application for post-conviction relief (PCR). Because there is sufficient evidence to support the PCR judge's finding that Petitioner did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we grant certiorari on Petitioner's Question One 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). We deny certiorari on Petitioner's Question Two. This appeal is dismissed after consideration of Appellant's pro se brief and review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted. APPEAL DISMISSED. ¹ SHORT, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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