THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Elijah McKnight,        Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County
James R. Barber, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-041
Submitted November 20, 2002 – Filed January 15, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Daniel T. Stacey, of Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:          Elijah McKnight pled guilty to criminal domestic violence, third degree and was sentenced to three years imprisonment suspended on the service of one year in prison and successful completion of three years of probation.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), McKnight’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved.  McKnight did not file 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 McKnight’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

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