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.

Mickey Johnson, Appellant.

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

Opinion No.��� 2004-UP-470Submitted September 15, 2004 � Filed September 16, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Senior Assistant Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster; Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh; Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Mickey Johnson was convicted of possession of cocaine, third offense, and was sentenced to four years imprisonment.� He appeals.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for Johnson attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded Johnson�s appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial.� Johnson did not file a pro se response.�

After a thorough review of the record pursuant to Anders 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. [1]

STILWELL, BEATTY, and SHORT, JJ., concur.