Case Title: Davis v. State

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Docket Number: 2006-MO-029

State: south-carolina

Court: South Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2006-09-25T00:00:00Z

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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Clifton L. Davis, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appeal From Marion County James E. Brogdon, Jr., Circuit Court Judge Memorandum Opinion No. 2006-MO-029 Submitted September 19, 2006 Filed September 25, 2006 APPEAL DISMISSED Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, South Carolina Commission, of Columbia, Clifton L. Davis #262942, Broad River Correctional, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Julie M. Thames, all of Office of the Attorney General, 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 the petition for a writ of certiorari proceed with a review of the direct appeal issue pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986). Counsel for petitioner has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) and a petition to be relieved as counsel. Petitioner has filed a pro se response. After a thorough review of the record pursuant to Anders, we dismiss the appeal and grant the petition to be relieved as counsel. DISMISSED. TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.