State v. McDowell

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Kent McDowell,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-275

Submitted February 20, 2004 – Filed April 22, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, Office of Appellate
Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Kent McDowell pled guilty to
second-degree criminal sexual conduct.  He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. 
McDowell appeals, arguing his plea did not comply with the mandates set forth
in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  On appeal, counsel for McDowell
has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
asserting that there were no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting permission
to withdraw from further representation.  McDowell has not filed a pro
se response. 

After a thorough review of the record pursuant
to Anders and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOLSBY, STILWELL, and HOWARD, JJ., concur.

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