Opinion
2013-UP-395
10-23-2013
Bryant James, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2011-189778
Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia; and Bryant James, pro se, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCroy Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliot, and Assistant Attorney General Suzanne Hollifield White, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted September 1, 2013.
Appeal From Fairfield County J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia; and Bryant James, pro se, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCroy Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliot, and Assistant Attorney General Suzanne Hollifield White, 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 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).
Petitioner's direct appeal is dismissed after consideration of Petitioner's pro se brief and review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted.
As to Question Two, the petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
SHORT, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.