THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

John Bernard Robinson,        Appellant.


Appeal From Dorchester County
 Luke N. Brown, Jr., Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-371
Submitted March 26, 2003 – Filed May 22, 2003


APPEAL DISMISSED


Deputy Chief Attorney 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, of Columbia; Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant, John Bernard Robinson, was indicted for and convicted of murder.  The trial judge sentenced Robinson to forty years imprisonment.  We dismiss pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991).  Counsel’s petition to be relieved is granted.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON and HUFF, JJ., concur.