State v. Rodney Bettis

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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.

Rodney Bettis, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

J. Michelle Childs, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-174

Submitted January 4, 2010 - Filed March 1,
2010   

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all
of Columbia; Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Rodney Bettis appeals his guilty pleas to armed robbery, attempted
armed robbery, and two offenses of possession of a weapon during a violent
crime. Specifically, he maintains his guilty pleas failed to conform with the
mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama because he was not informed of his
right to challenge the State's identification evidence. 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  We
affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and State v. McKinney, 278 S.C. 107,
108, 292 S.E.2d 598, 599 (1982) (holding absent timely objection at plea
proceeding, unknowing and involuntary nature of guilty plea can be attacked
only through post-conviction relief). 

AFFIRMED.

WILLIAMS,
PIEPER, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur. 

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