State v. Brockman

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OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Karlton Katrell
Brockman, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

Roger L. Couch, Special Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-188

Submitted April 1, 2009 – Filed May 5,
2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney Donald J. Zelenka, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Karlton
Katrell Brockman appeals his guilty pleas and sentences for murder and armed
robbery, arguing his 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.

SHORT,
THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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