State v. Folkes

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,

v.

Leroy Folkes, Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County
 William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-460
Submitted August 1, 2008 Filed August 8, 2008  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Katherine 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; Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Leroy Folkes appeals his guilty plea for attempted armed robbery for which he received a sentence of twenty years.  He argues the trial judge abused his discretion in imposing the maximum sentence.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel's brief, and Folkes' 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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

KONDUROS, J., CURETON, A.J., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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