State v. Thompson

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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.

Thomas Thompson, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

 Kenneth G. Goode, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-115

Submitted March 2, 2009 – Filed March 4,
2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, 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 Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Thomas
Thompson pled guilty pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25
(1970), to two counts of burglary second non-violent, grand larceny, and
possession of tools of crime.  He appeals, arguing the plea court erred in accepting his plea
without explaining the concept of an Alford plea.  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 the appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1] 

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HUFF,
WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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