THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Eugene Gary,        Appellant.


Appeal From Richland County
M. Duane Shuler, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-094
Submitted January 25, 2002 – Filed February 4, 2003


APPEAL DISMISSED


Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, for appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, & Solicitor Warren B. Giese, all of Columbia, for respondent.


 

PER CURIAM:  Eugene Gary was convicted of murder, armed robbery, and possession of a knife during the commission of a violent crime.  He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, thirty years imprisonment for armed robbery, and five years imprisonment for possession of a knife during the commission of a violent crime, all sentences to run consecutively.  Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Gary’s counsel attached a petition to be relieved.  Gary filed a pro se response. 

After 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 Gary’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

CONNOR, STILWELL, and HOWARD, JJ., concur.


[1] Because oral argument would not aid the Court in resolving any issue on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215 and 220(b)(2), SCACR.