State v. West

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.

Josh West, Appellant.

Appeal From Williamsburg County

Howard P. King,
Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-432

Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October 9, 2007   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate
Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor C. Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM:  Josh West appeals his guilty pleas to armed robbery
and possession of a weapon during a crime of violence.  He maintains his guilty
pleas were not intelligent and voluntary because the judge advised him of these
rights in a cursory manner, failing to convey the importance of these rights and
therefore, his guilty pleas failed to conform to 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[1] West’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J.,
HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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