State v. Reliford

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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.

Ephrain
Reliford, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal from Aiken County

 James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-491

Submitted August 1, 2008 – Filed August
15, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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 Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Ephrain Reliford, Jr., pled guilty to manslaughter in
1995. The circuit court sentenced Reliford to thirty years’ imprisonment.  On
appeal, Reliford maintains the trial court erred in denying his motion to
withdraw his plea because the plea was based on false information provided by
his counsel.  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] Reliford’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

KONDUROS, J., CURETON, and
GOOLSBY, A.J.J., concur.

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