THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals


The State, Respondent,

v.

Wayne Franklin Blackwell, Appellant.


Appeal From York County
John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-090
Submitted December 23, 2003 – Filed February 13, 2004


APPEAL DISMISSED


Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Teresa A. Knox, Deputy Director for Legal Services, Tommy Evans Legal Counsel, and J. Benjamin Aplin, Legal Counsel, South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, all of Columbia, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM: Wayne Franklin Blackwell appeals an order revoking his probation.  His counsel attached to the final brief of the appellant a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating he had reviewed the record of the probation revocation hearing and concluded Blackwell’s appeal is without merit.  Blackwell did not file a pro se response.

After a review of the record pursuant to Anders v. California [1] and State v. Williams, [2] we dismiss Blackwell’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved. [3]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HOWARD and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.


[1] 386 U.S. 738 (1967).

[2] 305 S.C. 116 (1991).

[3] Because oral argument would not aid the court in resolving any issue on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rules 215, and 220(b)(2), SCACR.