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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Shannon Weeks,        Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County
William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-204
Submitted January 29, 2004 � Filed March 24, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, Office of Appellate Defense, 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 Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Shannon Weeks pled guilty to aiding or abetting homicide by child abuse.� She was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.� Weeks appeals, arguing that her sentence, though legal, is disproportionate to her crimes and violates the constitutional prohibitions on cruel and unusual punishment.� On appeal, counsel for Weeks has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that there were no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting permission to withdraw from further representation.� Weeks has not filed a pro se response.�

After a thorough 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.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.