THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.� IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Samuel Murdaugh, Appellant.

Appeal From Bamberg County
�William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-287
Submitted February 23, 2004 � Filed May 3, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Appellant pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to thirty years in prison.� Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Appellant�s counsel attached a petition to be relieved.� Appellant has filed a pro se response.���

After a review of the record as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we hold there are no directly appealable issues that are arguable on their merits.� Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal and grant counsel�s petition to be relieved. [1] ���

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.� �