State v. Eckweiler

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.

John Michael
Eckweiler, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

  James R. Barber, III, Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2008-UP-411

Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 18,
2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, 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: John
Michael Eckweiler appeals his guilty plea
to assault and battery with intent to kill and forgery.  He maintains his
guilty plea failed to conform with the mandates set forth in Boykin v.
Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  Specifically, Eckweiler maintains he did not
meaningfully waive his rights.  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] Eckweiler’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J.,
CURETON and GOOLSBY, A.J.J., concur.

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