THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Cory T. Credell,        Appellant.


Appeal From Orangeburg County
Luke N. Brown, Jr., Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-273
Submitted November 20, 2002 – Filed April 15, 2003


APPEAL DISMISSED


Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia;  and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM:  Cory T. Credell appeals his convictions for murder and first-degree burglary. The trial judge sentenced Credell to concurrent terms of life imprisonment.

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

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