State v. Allen

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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.

Michael Anthony Allen, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2011-UP-315

Submitted June 1, 2011 – Filed June 21,
2011 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor J. Strom Thurmond, of Aiken, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Michael Anthony Allen appeals his convictions for armed
robbery, carjacking, and grand larceny, arguing his guilty plea 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. 

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and
THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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