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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Koifulu L. Massaquoi, Appellant.


Appeal from Lexington County
J. Cordell Maddox, Jr., Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-104
Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed February 4, 2010   


APPEAL DISMISSED


Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Koifulu Massaquoi appeals his sentence for possession of crack/cocaine base, arguing the plea judge abused his discretion in sentencing him to one year active time when a probationary term, including drug and alcohol treatment, would have been more appropriate.  After a thorough review of the record and counsel’s brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

WILLIAMS, PIEPER, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.


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