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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Willie James Haskett, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County
 James R. Barber, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-121
Submitted March 2, 2009 – Filed March 5, 2009

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, 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; Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Haskett appeals his guilty pleas for committing a lewd act upon a minor and assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct.  On appeal, Haskett’s counsel alleges the pleas 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 Haskett’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] Haskett’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Short, Thomas, and Geathers, jj., concur.

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