In the Interest of Tyrone L.

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

In
the Interest of Tyrone L., Jr., A Juvenile under the age of seventeen, Appellant.

Appeal from Richland County

Joseph W. McGowan, III, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-665

Submitted December 1, 2008 – Filed December 8, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, 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 B. Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Tyrone L. Jr., a minor, appeals his commitment
claiming that his guilty plea was rendered involuntary when the judge refused
to follow the recommendations from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the
State. 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 Tyrone’s appeal and grant counsel’s
motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J.,
SHORT and KONDUROS, JJ., concur. 

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