THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Bobby Joe Brown # 1,        Appellant.

Appeal From Abbeville County
James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Wyatt T. Saunders, Jr, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-640
Submitted August 20, 2003 � Filed November 4, 2003�

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare , of Columbia, for Appellant

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia;� and Solicitor William Townes Jones, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� Bobby Joe Brown was indicted for trafficking crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, and distribution.� He was tried in absentia on the trafficking charge and convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine (PWID).� Brown was sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment and a fine of $100,000.� Brown appeals.

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

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.