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2009-UP-378 - State v. Holmes

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Ramona Holmes, Appellant.


Appeal From Charleston County
�Daniel� F.� Pieper, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-378
Submitted June 1, 2009 �Filed June 30, 2009���


APPEAL DISMISSED


Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, 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 Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Ramona Holmes appeals her guilty pleas for three counts of forgery, financial transaction card fraud, swindling, and exploitation of a vulnerable adult.� On appeal, Holmes' 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 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[1] the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.


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