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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Bernard McFadden,        Appellant.

Appeal From Sumter County
Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-502
Submitted October 1, 2004 � Filed October 7, 2004

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Cecil Kelley Jackson, Third Circuit Solicitor's Office, of Sumter, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Bernard McFadden was convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer.� He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment.� McFadden�s appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).� Counsel additionally submitted a petition to be relieved from representation, asserting there are no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.� McFadden filed a pro se response with the Court.

After a 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. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, ANDERSON, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.