State v. Gaddist

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.

Richard Gaddist, Appellant.

Appeal From Berkeley County

Daniel F. Pieper, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2009-UP-500

Submitted October 1, 2009 – Filed October
26, 2009 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Richard
Gaddist appeals his guilty pleas for second-degree burglary, kidnapping, and armed
robbery.  Gaddist argues the plea court erred in exercising its discretion to
impose different sentences based on the level of involvement of each
participant in the crime.  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. 

SHORT,
WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur. 

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