State v. Jowers

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS

PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE
239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Gary W. Jowers, Appellant.

Appeal From Lancaster County

 Paul M. Burch, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2005-UP-051

Submitted January 1, 2005 – Filed January
20, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender 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 John R. Justice, of Chester, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Gary W. Jowers pled guilty to second-degree burglary.  Jowers
argues his guilty plea did not comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin
v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  His counsel attached to the final brief
a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating she reviewed the record and concluded
Jowers’s appeal is without merit.  Jowers filed a pro se response. 

After a thorough 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 the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

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

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