State v. Isreal ( 2008 )

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Clifton Emanuel Isreal, Appellant.

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Appeal From Marion County
R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No.  2008-UP-309
Submitted June 1, 2008 – Filed June 12, 2008

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DISMISSED

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Chief Attorney Joseph Savitz, III, South Carolina Commission for Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Edgar L. Clements, III, of Florence, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Clifton Isreal appeals his guilty plea to burglary, arguing the trial judge should have recused himself from the case because he attended law school with the victim.  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 Isreal’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

DISMISSED.

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

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