State v. Roberts

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.

Ebon Roberts, Appellant.

Appeal From Horry County

John M. Milling, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-608

Submitted December 1, 2009 – Filed
December 22, 2009   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A.
Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster,
Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney
General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor J. Gregory Hembree,
of Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Ebon Roberts appeals his guilty plea to kidnapping
and strong armed robbery, arguing the trial court abused its discretion by
denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea.  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. 

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

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