THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Ila Michele Carter,        Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County
John W. Kittredge, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-160
Submitted November 20, 2003 – Filed February 25, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, of Columbia; Solicitor Druanne D. White, of Anderson; for Respondent

PER CURIAM: Ila Michelle Carter appeals her convictions for homicide by child abuse and inflicting great bodily injury upon a child.  The trial court sentenced Carter to life imprisonment for homicide by child abuse and a consecutive twenty-year sentence for inflicting great bodily injury upon a child.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for Carter attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating he had reviewed the record and concluded Carter’s appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial.  Carter filed a separate pro se response brief.

After a thorough 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.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CONNOR, STILWELL, AND HOWARD, JJ., concur.