State v. Curtis Newsom

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.

Curtis Sam
Newsom, a/k/a Curtis Sam Newson, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

James R. Barber, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-056

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed January
27, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, 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 Sam Newsom appeals his guilty
pleas and sentences for one count of resisting arrest and eight counts of
forgery.  He maintains his guilty pleas failed to comply with the mandates set
forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969), because the plea court
failed to advise him of the maximum penalty that could be imposed for each
charge.  Additionally, he contends the plea court erred in failing to allow him
to withdraw his guilty plea after sentencing.  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] Newsom's appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

SHORT, THOMAS,
and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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