THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.� IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Claude Jones, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County
�Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-015
Submitted January 4, 2010 � Filed January 25, 2010�

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.�

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Claude Jones appeals his convictions and sentences for murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, arguing the circuit court erred in excluding evidence the victim became violent when using methamphetamine. �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] Jones's appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.�

HUFF, A.C.J., GEATHERS, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur.�

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