State v. Johnson

THIS OPINION HAS NO
PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Rashine Johnson, Appellant.

Appeal From Bamburg County

Doyet A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-373

Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 11,
2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Rashine Johnson appeals his guilty plea to
assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.  On appeal, Johnson
maintains 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 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] Johnson’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

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