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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals


The State, Respondent,

v.

Nathaniel Gold, Appellant.


Appeal From Calhoun County
 James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-378
Submitted July 1, 2008 – Filed July 14, 2008


APPEAL DISMISSED


Deputy Chief Attorney Wanda H. Carter, 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 David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Nathaniel Gold appeals his conviction and sentence for threatening the life of a public official, arguing his guilty plea was invalid.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Gold’s pro se 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] Gold’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.