State v. Walling

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Laurie Walling, Appellant.

Appeal From Orangeburg County

 James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-404

Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 17, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, all of Columbia; Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Laurie
Walling appeals his guilty plea for armed robbery and sentence of twenty-two
years.  He argues 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 the appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be
relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

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

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