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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Lesund Edward Moore, Appellant.


Appeal From Spartanburg County
 J. Mark Hayes, II, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-238
Submitted May 1, 2009 – Filed May 28, 2009  


APPEAL DISMISSED


Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia; and Lesund Edward Moore, of Bishopville, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Lesund Edward Moore appeals his guilty plea and sentence for voluntary manslaughter, arguing the plea court erred in accepting the plea without a factual basis.  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 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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


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