State v. Hardy ( 2009 )

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

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The State, Respondent,

v.

Tyler J. Hardy, Appellant.

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Appeal From Spartanburg County
J. Cordell Maddox, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-279
Submitted May 1, 2009 – Filed June 3, 2009   

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APPEAL DISMISSED

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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, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Tyler J. Hardy appeals from his Alford plea to four counts of resisting arrest, arguing the judge erred in accepting the plea because Hardy had a right to resist an unlawful arrest.  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.

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