State v. Lucas

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Leobardo Mendoza Lucas, Appellant.

Appeal From York County

 John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-163

Submitted April 2, 2007 – Filed April 11, 2007    

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, Leobardo Mendoza Lucas, of Enoree, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; Thomas E. Pope, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Leobardo Mendoza Lucas appeals his guilty plea to felony DUI causing death and sentence of ten years in prison.  His counsel contends the plea failed to conform to the mandates of 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[1] Lucas’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HUFF, BEATTY, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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