State v. Christopher Howell

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.

Christopher Joshua
Howell, Appellant.

Appeal From Union County

Hon. Larry B. Hyman, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-600

Submitted November 2, 2009 – Filed
December 16, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Chief Appellate Defender Robert M.
Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Donald J. Zelenka, of Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Christopher Joshua Howell appeals from his guilty plea to murder, arguing his
guilty plea failed to conform 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, A.J., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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