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2007-UP-152 - State v. Loftin

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.� IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS 
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

James Edward Loftin, Appellant.


Appeal From Spartanburg County
�Wyatt T. Saunders, Jr, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-152
Submitted April 2, 2007 � Filed April 4, 2007���


APPEAL DISMISSED


Assistant Appellate Defender 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 Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: James E. Loftin appeals his guilty plea to false swearing before a person authorized to administer an oath.� His counsel contends the plea failed to comply with 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] Loftin�s appeal and grant counsel�s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

ANDERSON, KITTREDGE, and SHORT, JJ., concur.


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