THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Brent Ladin Shannon,        Appellant.


Appeal From Florence County
James E. Brogdon, Jr., Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-194
Submitted January 29, 2003 – Filed March 13, 2003


APPEAL DISMISSED


Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, 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; Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence; for Respondent.


PER CURIAM: Brent Shannon pled guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and was sentenced to six years imprisonment.  Shannon appeals, arguing the plea judge should not have accepted his guilty plea, as he denied using a baseball bat to assault the victim.  Appellate counsel has filed a final brief and a petition to be relieved.  Shannon 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.