THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals


The State,        Respondent,

v.

Rick Davis,        Appellant.


Appeal From Dorchester County
Diane Schafer Goodstein, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-426
Submitted April 18, 2003 – Filed June 24, 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 and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, of Summerville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Rick Davis was convicted of armed robbery and failure to stop for a blue light.  The judge sentenced him to twenty years on the armed robbery conviction.  Davis was sentenced on the failure to stop for a blue light conviction for a term of one year, concurrent to the armed robbery sentence.  Davis’ appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel additionally submitted a petition to be relieved from representation, asserting there are no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.  Davis did not file a pro se response with the Court.

After a 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. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON, and HUFF, JJ., concur.


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