State v. Dowling

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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.

Sidney Darden
Dowling, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

Michelle J. Childs, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-670

Submitted December 1, 2008 – Filed
December 8, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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 Scarlett Anne Wilson,
of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Sidney
Darden Dowling, Jr. pled guilty to five counts of first degree criminal sexual
conduct with a minor and one count of lewd act upon a minor.  Dowling argues
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 Dowling’s appeal
and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

ANDERSON,
HUFF, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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