THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

In The Interest Of: Thomas Dominick S.,        Appellant.

Appeal From Colleton County
Gerald C. Smoak, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-195
Submitted January 29, 2003 � Filed March 13, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Columbia; for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. J. Shupe, of Columbia; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Thomas S. was convicted of three counts of committing a lewd act on a minor.� He was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence not to exceed his twenty-first birthday, and placed in a sex offender�s group.� Thomas appeals, arguing the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal due to insufficiency of the evidence.� Appellate counsel has filed a final brief and a petition to be relieved.� Thomas did not file a pro se response.

After a thorough review of the record on appeal 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 grant counsel�s petition and dismiss the appeal.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., GOOLSBY, and SHULER, JJ., concur.