State v. McCants-Freeman

THIS OPINION
HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN
ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Joseph McCants-Freeman, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 J. Michelle Childs, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-018

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed January
25, 2010 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and
Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Joseph
McCants-Freeman appeals his guilty pleas
to armed robbery and kidnapping, arguing the circuit court erred in accepting
his guilty pleas without informing him that by pleading, he waived his right to
cross-examine the State's witness.  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] McCants-Freeman's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

HUFF,
A.C.J., GEATHERS, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur. 

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