State v. Gaines

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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.

Mujahid Abdul
Gaines, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 Kenneth G. Goode, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-232

Submitted May 1, 2009 – Filed May 27, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
of Columbia; Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Mujahid
Abdul Gaines appeals from his guilty plea
to armed robbery, filing a false police report, and failure to stop for a blue
light.  On appeal, Gaines argues the plea judge erred in failing to determine
whether Gaines was mentally competent before accepting the plea.  Gaines has
also filed a pro se brief. After
a thorough review of the record and both briefs, 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., THOMAS, and KONDUROS, JJ.,
concur.

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