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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Billy Johnson, Appellant.

Appeal From Chesterfield County
�James E. Lockemy, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.� 2007-UP-295
Submitted June 1, 2007 � Filed June 8, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge, Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Billy Johnson was convicted of burglary first degree and criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature.� He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for burglary first degree and ten years for criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, to run concurrent.� Johnson�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.� Johnson filed 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.

ANDERSON, HUFF, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

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