State v. Smalls

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.

Dennis L.
Smalls, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Berkeley County

  Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.2008-UP-219

Submitted April 1, 2008- Filed April 7,
2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Attorney General
John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Dennis L. Smalls, Jr., appeals his guilty plea to second-degree criminal
sexual conduct with a minor.  On appeal, Smalls maintains his guilty plea was
not knowingly and intelligently entered.  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] Smalls’ 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.