THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Hailey Prescott,        Appellant.


Appeal From Aiken County
James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-039
Submitted November 20, 2002 – Filed January 15, 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, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for respondent.


PER CURIAM:  Hailey Prescott was convicted of ill-treatment of an animal. Prescott was sentenced to four years imprisonment, suspended on the service of one year imprisonment and one year probation.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Prescott’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved.  Prescott filed a pro se response.

After review of the record 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 Prescott’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

CONNOR, STILWELL, and HOWARD, JJ., concur.


[1] Because oral argument would not aid the Court in resolving any issue on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215 and 220(b)(2), SCACR.