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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Wesley E. Jarrell,        Appellant.

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-405
Submitted April 21, 2004 � Filed June 22, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda P. Hagler, 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:� Wesley E. Jarrell (Appellant) entered an Alford [1] plea to a charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (ABHAN).� He was sentenced to five years in prison, which was to run consecutive to another sentence Appellant was already serving.�

On appeal, counsel for Appellant has filed a final brief along with a petition to be relieved as counsel.� Appellant has not filed a pro se response.� After a thorough review of the record 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 petition to be relieved.� ����

APPEAL DISMISSED. [2]

GOOSLBY, HOWARD, and BEATTY, JJ., concur.