State v. Huggins

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Bernard Huggins, Appellant.

Appeal From Darlington County

 John M. Milling, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-032

Submitted January 2, 2007 – Filed January 17, 2007   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, 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; and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge, Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Bernard Huggins appeals his convictions for murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and concurrent sentences of forty years and five years, respectively.  Huggins contends the plea court 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[1] Huggins’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, STILWELL, and SHORT, JJ., concur.

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