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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Curtis Smith, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County
�G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.� 2008-UP-456
Submitted August 1, 2008 � Filed August 7, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General, John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: �Curtis Smith appeals his guilty plea to second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.� The plea judge sentenced Smith to eight years for the charge.� Smith argues the plea judge erred in accepting his guilty plea before advising him of his right to confront witnesses or obtaining a waiver from Smith of that right.� After a thorough review of the record and counsel�s brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), we dismiss[1] Smith�s appeal and grant counsel�s motion to be relieved.�

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.