State v. Farman

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Benjamin Jack Farman,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Orangeburg County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-286

Submitted February 20, 2003 – Filed April 29, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of Columbia;
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
of Columbia;  and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Benjamin Jack Farman was indicted
for first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.  He waived presentment
to a Grand Jury on four counts of third-degree sexual conduct with a minor. 
He pled guilty and was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment.  Farman appeals,
arguing that his guilty plea failed to comply with the mandates set forth in
Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  Counsel for Farman has filed
a final brief and submitted a petition to be relieved as counsel.

After review of the record 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] the appeal and grant counsel’s
motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the court
in resolving the issues on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument
pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.