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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Willie Brannon,        Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County
 Larry R. Patterson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-490
Submitted September 15, 2004 – Filed September 21, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Willie Brannon was convicted of resisting arrest and assault and battery.  He was sentenced to one year in prison for resisting arrest and thirty days in prison for assault and battery.  Brannon appeals, arguing the trial judge erred in ruling he could be impeached with his prior conviction as a habitual traffic offender.  On appeal, counsel for Brannon has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that there were no meritorious grounds for appeal and requesting permission to withdraw from further representation.  Brannon has not filed a pro se response. 

After a thorough 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.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

STILWELL, BEATTY and SHORT, JJ., concur.