State v. Yount

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Alvin Ray Yount, Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County

 James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-228

Submitted May 1, 2007 – Filed May 15, 2007   

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 David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Alvin Yount pled guilty to ill treatment of animals.  He argues on appeal that his guilty plea failed to 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[1] Yount’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

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