State v. Hamm ( 2008 )

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Michael Eugene Hamm, Appellant.

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Appeal From Berkeley County
Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-351
Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 9, 2008\  

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APPEAL DISMISSED

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Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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 Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Hamm appeals his guilty plea to committing a lewd act.  On appeal, Hamm’s counsel alleges the plea did not meet the mandates of Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Hamm’s pro se 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[1] Hamm’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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

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