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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Robert D. Wright,        Appellant.

Appeal From Clarendon County
Thomas W. Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-255
Submitted February 23, 2004 – Filed April 15, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda P. Hagler, of Columbia, for Appellant,

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, of Columbia; and Solicitor Cecil Kelley Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Appellant pled guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and distribution of crack cocaine.  He was sentenced to                                                            eight years imprisonment.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), appellant’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved.  Appellant did not file a pro se response. 

After 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 this appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.