State v. Folkes

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,

v.

Leroy Folkes, Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

 William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-460

Submitted August 1, 2008 – Filed August 8,
2008  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Katherine 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,
all of Columbia; Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Leroy Folkes appeals his guilty plea for attempted
armed robbery for which he received a sentence of twenty years.  He argues the
trial judge abused his discretion in imposing the maximum sentence.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s
brief, and Folkes’ pro se 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.

KONDUROS, J.,
CURETON, A.J., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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