THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Danny Lee Thompson,        Appellant.


Appeal From Richland County
Alison Renee Lee, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-326
Submitted February 20, 2003 – Filed May 15, 2003   


APPEAL DISMISSED


Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, 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 Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Danny Lee Thompson (Appellant) was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and two counts of grand larceny of a vehicle.  He was sentenced to life in prison for CSC and concurrent terms of ten years in prison on each of the grand larceny charges. 

On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Appellant has filed a pro se response.  After a thorough 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 the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.             

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

HEARN, C.J., CURETON and GOOLSBY, JJ., concur.


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