State v. Roberts

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.

Darrell Eugene
Roberts, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

 Kenneth G. Goode, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-103

Submitted February 1, 2008 – Filed
February 12, 2008  

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Lanelle C. Durant, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, of
Columbia, Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, tof Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Darrell
Eugene Roberts pled guilty to third
degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.  On appeal Roberts argues the plea
court erred in accepting his guilty plea without first informing Roberts he
would be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life. 
We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority:  State
v. McKinney, 278 S.C. 107, 108, 292 S.E.2d 598, 599 (1982) (“Absent timely
objection at a plea proceeding, the unknowing and involuntary nature of a
guilty plea can only be attacked through the more appropriate channel of
Post-Conviction Relief.”).

AFFIRMED. [1]

HUFF,
KITTREDGE, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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