THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Curtis Lamar King,        Appellant

Appeal From Greenville County
H. Dean Hall, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No.� 2003-UP-65
Submitted November 20, 2002 - Filed January 22, 2003�

APPEAL DISMISSED

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

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Curtis Lamar King appeals his convictions for armed robbery and attempted armed robbery.� The trial judge sentenced King to twenty-five years imprisonment for armed robbery and a concurrent twenty-year term of imprisonment for attempted armed robbery. �

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel for King attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded King�s appeal is without legal merit sufficient to warrant a new trial.� King filed a separate pro se response brief.

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.

CONNOR, STILWELL, AND HOWARD, JJ., concur.