State v. Simpkins

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Ivan Simpkins, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County
 Doyet A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-057
Submitted January 1, 2008 Filed January 15, 2008   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Elanor 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; Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Simpkins appeals his guilty plea to strong arm robbery.  On appeal, Simpkins alleges the plea did not meet the mandates of 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[1] Simpkins's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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