THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Leroy Dupree #2,        Appellant.

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-344
Submitted March 26, 2003 � Filed May 20, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Leroy Dupree was charged with trafficking in crack cocaine and failure to stop for a blue light/siren.� The jury was unable to reach a verdict as to trafficking in crack cocaine.� The judge granted a mistrial with respect to the trafficking charge.� Dupree was convicted of failure to stop for a blue light/siren.� He was sentenced to three years.� Dupree�s appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).� Counsel additionally submitted a petition to be relieved from representation, asserting there are no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.� Dupree did not file a pro se response with the Court.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel�s petition to be relieved. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON, and HUFF, JJ., concur.