State v. Earnest Vaughn, Sr

CourtListener 10156057ScctappDec 3, 2009

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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.

Earnest E. Vaughn,
Sr., Appellant.

Appeal From Greenwood County

Wyatt T. Saunders, Jr, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-573

Submitted November 2, 2009 – Filed
December 3, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender LaNelle DuRant, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, of Columbia; and Solicitor Jerry  Peace, of Greenwood; for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Earnest E. Vaughn, Sr., appeals from his guilty plea to possession with
intent to distribute methamphetamine, arguing his guilty plea failed to conform
with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  After a thorough review of the record and
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.

HEARN, C.J.,
CURETON, A.J., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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

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