State v. Washington

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239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Nicholas Washington,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-639

Submitted December 1, 2004 – Filed December
16, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda P. Hagler, 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 Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Mr. Washington appeals after pleading
guilty to one count of breaking and entering an automobile.  The circuit court
sentenced Washington to eighteen months of shock incarceration.  On appeal,
Washington argues his guilty plea failed to comply with the requirements set
forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  Pursuant to Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Washington’s counsel attached a petition
to be relieved stating that she has reviewed the record and found the appeal
to be without merit.  Washington did not file a separate pro se
brief.

After a thorough review of the record pursuant
to Anders and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved. 

APPEAL DISMISSED.
[1]

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

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