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.

Timothy Jamal Steward, Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County
�Steven H. John, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-478��
Submitted October 1, 2007 � Filed October 12, 2007���

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, 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; Jerry W. Peace, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Appellant Timothy Jamal Steward was convicted for child abuse/ infliction of great bodily harm upon a child and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.� The trial court sentenced Steward to 20 years for child abuse and 10 years for ABHAN, with the sentences concurrent.� Steward�s counsel attached to the brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating that she had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit.� Steward filed a separate pro se brief.� 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[1] the appeal and grant counsel�s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, CJ., HUFF, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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