State v. Freeman

THIS OPINION HAS NO
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 Joel Freeman, Appellant.

Appeal From York County

 John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-477

Submitted October 1, 2009 – Filed October
13, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J.
Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin S. Brackett, of York, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Steven Joel Freeman appeals his guilty pleas to murder,
first-degree burglary, and resisting arrest.  Freeman argues the trial court
erred by accepting his pleas because they did not comply with Boykin v.
Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  Freeman also filed a pro se brief.  After a thorough review of the record and both
briefs 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, Thomas, and Pieper, JJ., concur.

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