State v. Simon

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, Respondent,

v.

James Amos Simon, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

L. Casey Manning,
Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-436

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October
9, 2007   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant
Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, 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 Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  James Simon appeals his guilty pleas for failure to
stop for a blue light, trafficking in ten to twenty-eight grams of cocaine, and
possession of crack cocaine.  He asserts the colloquy between the trial court
and Simon was too brief and therefore, his guilty plea failed to conform to 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] Simon’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J.,
HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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