State v. Dallis

SCREENING REPORT

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.

William Dallis,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken
County

James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-181

Submitted March 1, 2005 – Filed March
11, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda P. Hagler, Office of
Appellate Defense, of Columbia.

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

PER CURIAM: William Dallis appeals   after
pleading guilty to criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, and kidnapping. 
Dallis argues his pleas were not made knowingly or voluntarily and thus, did
not comply with the requirements of Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969). 
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Dallis’ counsel
attached a petition to be relieved stating that she has reviewed the record
and found the appeal to be without merit.  Dallis did not file a separate pro
se brief.

After a thorough review of the record pursuant
to Anders and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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