THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Joel Perry,        Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County
James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-510�
Submitted June 9, 2003 � Filed August 27, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Joel Perry appeals from his guilty plea to criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, arguing the trial judge erred by not reducing his sentence. Perry�s counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating that she had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit.� 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] Perry�s appeal and grant counsel�s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.