State v. Phillips

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Tommy Phillips,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-263

Submitted February 20, 2004 – Filed
April 19, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, Office
of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Tommy L. Phillips pled guilty
to one count of first-degree burglary and armed robbery, and three counts of
second-degree burglary.  He was sentenced to concurrent sentences of fifteen
years in prison for each count of second-degree burglary and seventeen years
in prison for first-degree burglary and armed robbery.  Phillips appeals, arguing
his guilty plea did not comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama,
395 U.S. 238 (1969).  On appeal, counsel for Phillips has filed a brief pursuant
to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that there were
no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting permission to withdraw from
further representation.  Phillips has not filed a pro se response. 

After a thorough review of the record pursuant
to Anders and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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