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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Todd Michael Sowell, Appellant.


Appeal From Richland County
L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No.  2009-UP-040
Submitted January 2, 2009 – Filed January 15, 2009


APPEAL DISMISSED


Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, 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:  Todd Michael Sowell appeals his conviction for first-degree burglary and twenty-year sentence.  Sowell’s counsel maintains the trial court erred by failing to direct a verdict.  Sowell also filed a pro se brief asserting various arguments.  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 the appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

HUFF, THOMAS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur. 


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