Boykin v. State

Opinion

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Michael Boykin, Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2019-002057

Appeal From Kershaw County Diane Schafer Goodstein, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-059 Submitted January 1, 2024 – Filed February 21, 2024

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General D. Russell Barlow, II, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: This court previously granted Michael Boykin's petition for a writ of certiorari on his request for a belated direct appeal pursuant to White v. State, 263 S.C. 110, 208 S.E.2d 35 (1974), dispensed with further briefing on the petition for certiorari, and directed the parties to serve and file their briefs pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986). After review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), this appeal is dismissed. Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted.

APPEAL DISMISSED. 1

MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur.

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