THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Jeffrey Michael Taylor,        Appellant.


Appeal From Greenville County
John C. Few, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-281
Submitted February 20, 2003 – Filed April 17, 2003   


APPEAL DISMISSED


Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia.

Attorney Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, of Columbia; Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Jeffrey Michael Taylor was indicted by a Greenville County grand jury for burglary in the first degree, assault and battery with intent to kill, and grand larceny.  Following a jury trial, Taylor was found guilty of burglary in the first degree, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and grand larceny.  Taylor was sentenced to ten years for grand larceny, ten years consecutive for ABHAN and to life without parole for burglary in the first degree. 

Counsel for Taylor attached a petition to be relieved to the final brief stating he had reviewed the record and found the appeal to be without merit.  Taylor filed a separate pro se brief.  After a review of the record and counsel and Taylor’s briefs 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 [1] Taylor’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., CURETON and GOOLSBY, JJ., concur.


[1] Because oral argument would not aid the court in resolving the issues on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.