State v. Smith

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Xavier Smith, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 Kenneth G. Goode, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-270

Submitted June 1, 2007 – Filed June 5, 2007   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, 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 Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Xavier Smith appeals his guilty plea to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.  He maintains his guilty plea failed to conform with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969), because the plea court failed to adequately inform him of the constitutional rights he waived by entering a guilty plea.

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] Smith’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

ANDERSON, HUFF, and BEATTY, JJ., concur. 

[1]  Because oral argument would not aid the court in resolving the issues on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.