State v. Smith

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Robert Glen Smith, Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County

Diane Schafer Goodstein, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-032

Submitted January 3, 2006 – Filed January 12, 2006

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor David M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Robert Glen Smith appeals his guilty plea to kidnapping.  Counsel for Smith attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Smith did not file a separate response.

After a thorough review of the record as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss Smith’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

STILWELL, KITTREDGE, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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