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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In the Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Curtis Lee Patterson, Appellant.


Appeal From Lancaster County
G. Edward Welmaker, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-485
Submitted October 1, 2007 – Filed October 15, 2007   


APPEAL DISMISSED


Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, III, 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 Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Curtis Lee Patterson appeals his conviction for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.  He asserts the trial court erred by denying his motion to exclude testimony of another alleged assault. After a thorough review of the record and counsel’s brief 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[1] Patterson’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.


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