State v. Smith

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.

Curtis Smith, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2008-UP-456

Submitted August 1, 2008 – Filed August 7,
2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, 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 Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Curtis
Smith appeals his guilty plea to second degree criminal sexual conduct with a
minor.  The plea judge sentenced Smith to eight years for the charge.  Smith argues
the plea judge erred in accepting his guilty plea before advising him of his
right to confront witnesses or obtaining a waiver from Smith of that right.  After a thorough
review of the record and counsel’s brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738
(1967), we dismiss[1] Smith’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved. 

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

KONDUROS, J., CURETON, A.J., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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