State v. Beard

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Timothy Beard, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

 Doyet A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.   2008-UP-234

Submitted April 1, 2008 – Filed April 15,
2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, South Carolina Commission
of Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, and 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: Timothy Beard appeals his guilty plea to assault and
battery with intent to kill and failure to stop and render aid or information
at the scene of an accident with great bodily injury.  On appeal, Beard argues
his guilty plea failed to conform with the mandates set forth in Boykin v.
Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  Specifically, Beard asserts the trial court
failed to adequately advise him of his constitutional rights so he could waive
his rights knowingly and intelligently.  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] Beard’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., and PIEPER, J., and GOOLSBY, A.J.,
concur.

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