State v. Howard

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.

James Howard, Appellant.

Appeal From Beaufort

 Carmen T. Mullen, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-348

Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 9, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Lanelle C. Durant, 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 Issac McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: James
Howard appeals from his guilty plea for two counts of assault on a
correctional officer, one count of throwing bodily fluids, and one count of
simple assault and battery.  On appeal, Howard argues his guilty plea failed to
comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238
(1969).  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 the appeal and
grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

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

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