In The Interest of Rashad I.

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

In The Interest
of Rashad I., A Minor Under The Age Of Seventeen, Appellant.

Appeal From Laurens County

 Joseph W. McGowan, III, Family Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-230

Submitted May 1, 2009 – Filed May 27, 2009  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, 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, and Solicitor Jerry W. Peace, of Greenwood; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Rashad I.
appeals his guilty plea and sentence to assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature and attempted armed robbery, arguing the family court erred
refusing to consider sentencing him to probation and alternative placement.  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., THOMAS, and KONDUROS, JJ.,
concur.

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