State v. Spencer

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.

Marcus T. Spencer, Appellant.

Appeal From Union County

Alexander S. Macaulay, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-051

Submitted January 2, 2009 – Filed January
15, 2009   

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, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin S. Brackett, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Marcus T. Spencer appeals his guilty plea and sentence
for escape, arguing his plea was involuntary.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and
Spencer’s pro se 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 Spencer’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved. [1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

WILLIAMS,
PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur. 

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