State v. Steven A. Hardeman

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PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Steven A. Hardeman, Appellant

Appeal From Lexington County

James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-496

Submitted October 1, 2009 – Filed October
21, 2009  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender for
Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, 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 Donald V. Myers, of
Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Steven A. Hardeman appeals his pleas pursuant to North
Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), for first-degree criminal sexual
conduct with a minor and committing a lewd act upon a child.  Hardeman argues
the trial court erred by accepting his Alford plea because the pleas did
not 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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and
GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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