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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Bernard O. Gilliard, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2014-000193

Appeal From Charleston County Roger M. Young, Sr., Trial Judge J.C. Nicholson, Jr., Sentencing Judge Stephanie P. McDonald, Post-Conviction Relief Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2015-MO-020 Submitted March 19, 2015 – Filed April 15, 2015

DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Ashleigh Rayanna Wilson, all of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from an order of the circuit court denying his application for post-conviction relief (PCR), but finding he was entitled to a belated review of any direct appeal issues pursuant to White v. State, 263 S.C. 110, 208 S.E.2d 35 (1974).

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 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 dismiss this matter pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, after review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted.

DISMISSED.

TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.