State v. Thomas

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Christopher Thomas,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

L. Henry McKellar, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-166

Submitted January 10, 2003 – Filed February
27, 2003   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of
Columbia

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster
Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
of Columbia; Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Christopher Thomas appeals from
his guilty plea to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.  Thomas
argues the trial court violated the mandate of Boykin v. Alabama, 395
U.S. 238 (1965), by accepting his guilty plea because he disputed the State’s
allegations.  Thomas’s counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved
as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded Thomas’s appeal
lacks merit.  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
[1] Thomas’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY and SHULER, JJ., concur.

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