THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.� IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Luther Tollie Norris, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Saluda County
�William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-629
Submitted December 1, 2005 � Filed December 9, 2005

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. Elliot, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Luther Tollie Norris, Jr., appeals his conviction and sentence of twelve years for strong arm robbery.� Norris argues the trial court should have granted his motion for directed verdict. �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 Norris�s appeal and grant counsel�s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

GOOLSBY, ANDERSON, and SHORT, JJ., concur.

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