State v. Jones

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Ronnie Gene Jones, Jr.,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Edgefield County

William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-392

Submitted April 21, 2004 – Filed June
21, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, 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:  Ronnie Jones appeals his plea
to a voluntary manslaughter charge, arguing that the plea did not comply with
Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969). Counsel for Jones attached to
the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel. Jones filed a separate
pro se response. 

After a review of the record as required
by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams,
305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we hold there are no directly appealable
issues that are arguable on their merits.  Accordingly, we dismiss Jones’s appeal
and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.