State v. Bufkin

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OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Regal L. Bufkin, Appellant.

Appeal From Florence County

John L. Breeden, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-422

Submitted September 1, 2009 -  Filed
September 3, 2009   

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 Edgar L. Clements, III, of Florence, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Regal
L. Bufkin appeals his guilty plea under North Carolina v. Alford, 400
U.S. 25 (1970), for a lewd act on a minor.  Bufkin argues the trial court erred
by not ensuring his plea complied with 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 the appeal and
grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

HUFF, THOMAS, and PIEPER,
JJ., concur.

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