State v. Rice

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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.

Clarence O.
Rice, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

 Alexander S. Macaulay, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-117

Submitted February 1, 2008 – Filed
February 13, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

David Clarence Rice, Jr., and Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital
Appeals Robert M. Dudek, both 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 Christina T. Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Clarence
Rice, Jr. appeals his guilty pleas to felony
driving under the influence causing death and leaving the scene of an accident
resulting in great bodily harm or death.  On appeal, Rice maintains his guilty
pleas failed to conform with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama,
395 U.S. 238 (1969), because the plea court failed to adequately advise him of
his constitutional rights.  After a
thorough review of the record, Rice’s brief, 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] Rice’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

ANDERSON, SHORT, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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