THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Brian E. Salters,        Appellant.

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-283
Submitted February 20, 2003 – Filed April 17, 2003   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia; for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Brian E. Salters was convicted of trafficking in cocaine and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.  On appeal, counsel for Salters argues the trial judge erred by refusing to suppress the cocaine because the arresting officer lacked probable cause to stop him.  In his pro se brief, Salters reiterates counsel’s argument above and, in addition, argues the trial judge erred by refusing to instruct the jury as to the operational requirements regarding taillights on motor vehicles.  After a thorough review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Salter’s pro se brief 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] Salters’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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