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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

William Taylor Lambert,        Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County
Marc H. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2005-UP-089
Submitted February 1, 2005 – Filed February 7, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  William Taylor Lambert appeals his plea of guilty but mentally ill to the charge of murder.  The trial judge sentenced Lambert to fifty years imprisonment. 

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for Lambert attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded Lambert’s appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial.  Lambert did not file a separate 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]

ANDERSON, BEATTY, and SHORT, JJ., concur.