State v. Smith

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Marcus Duran Smith, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

 Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-162   

Submitted March 1, 2005 – Filed March 7, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, 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 Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Marcus Smith pled guilty to breaking into a motor vehicle; assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; assault and battery with intent to kill; two counts of kidnapping; and three counts of armed robbery.  He was sentenced to concurrent sentences of five years for breaking into a motor vehicle; ten years for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; fifteen years for assault and battery with intent to kill; fifteen years for both counts of kidnapping; and fifteen years for all three counts of armed robbery.  Smith appeals, arguing his plea did not comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  On appeal, counsel for Smith has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that there are no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting permission to withdraw from further representation.  Smith has not filed a pro se response. 

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]

ANDERSON, BEATTY and SHORT, JJ., concur.

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