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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

William Kelly, Appellant.


Appeal From Lexington County
 William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-347
Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 9, 2008  


APPEAL DISMISSED


Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, 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 Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: William Kelly appeals the sentencing judge’s imposition of a life sentence without the possibility of parole.  Kelly argues the case should be remanded for re-sentencing because the sentencing judge was not obligated to impose a life sentence without parole.  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] Kelly’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CURETON and GOOLSBY, A.J.J., concur.


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