Opinion
2015-MO-048
08-26-2015
Kenneth Sherman, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2014-001364
Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Karen Christine Ratigan, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted July 27, 2015
Appeal From Greenville County Edward W. Miller, Plea Judge D. Garrison Hill, Post-Conviction Relief Judge
Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Karen Christine Ratigan, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM:
Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from an order denying his application for post-conviction relief (PCR), but finding petitioner did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal.
We deny the petition for a writ of certiorari as to Question II.
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 the petition for a writ of certiorari as to Question I and proceed pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986).
Counsel has submitted a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and a motion to be relieved as counsel. Petitioner has not filed a pro se response.
Petitioner's appeal is dismissed, pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, after review pursuant to Anders, supra. Counsel's motion to be relieved as counsel is granted.
DISMISSED.
TOAL, C. J, PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ, concur