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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Corey Jamar Edwards, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County
Michelle J. Childs, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-Up-141
Submitted March 2, 2009 – Filed March 11, 2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, 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; and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Corey Jamar Edwards appeals his guilty plea and sentence, arguing his guilty plea failed to comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1982).  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. 

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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