THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Benjamin Jack Farman,        Appellant.

Appeal From Orangeburg County
James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-286
Submitted February 20, 2003 � Filed April 29, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of Columbia; for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, of Columbia;� and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Benjamin Jack Farman was indicted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.� He waived presentment to a Grand Jury on four counts of third-degree sexual conduct with a minor.� He pled guilty and was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment.� Farman appeals, arguing that his guilty plea failed to comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).� Counsel for Farman has filed a final brief and submitted a petition to be relieved as counsel.

After review of the record 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] the appeal and grant counsel�s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CURETON and GOOLSBY, JJ., concur.