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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

In the Interest of Tyrone L., Jr., A Juvenile under the age of seventeen, Appellant.

Appeal from Richland County
Joseph W. McGowan, III, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-665
Submitted December 1, 2008 – Filed December 8, 2008

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine 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, and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Tyrone L. Jr., a minor, appeals his commitment claiming that his guilty plea was rendered involuntary when the judge refused to follow the recommendations from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the State. 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 Tyrone’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., SHORT and KONDUROS, JJ., concur. 

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