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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals Dwayne R. Clark, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2012-207561

Appeal From Lexington County R. Knox McMahon, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-138 Submitted February 1, 2014 – Filed April 2, 2014

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General John Walter Whitmire, 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).

Petitioner's direct appeal is dismissed after consideration of his 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 FEW, C.J., and SHORT and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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