THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Wade Leighton Dean,        Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County
J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-098
Submitted November 20, 2002 – Filed February 4, 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, of Columbia; Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Wade Leighton Dean appeals his conviction and sentence for trafficking cocaine.  Counsel for Dean attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Dean filed a separate pro se response. 

After a review of the record as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967) and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we hold there are no directly appealable issues that are arguable on their merits.  Accordingly, we dismiss Dean’s appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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