State v. Jones

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.

Willie David
Jones, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

 Lee S. Alford, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-135

Submitted March 2, 2009 – Filed March 9,
2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, 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 Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Jones
appeals his guilty pleas and sentences for one count of criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated
nature and two counts of criminal domestic violence.  On appeal, Jones argues
the trial court erred in denying his motion for a continuance to retain to
counsel, and therefore his guilty plea failed to comply with 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] Jones’ appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

SHORT, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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