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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Traseith Vergie Williams, Appellant.

Appeal From Pickens County
G. Edward Welmaker, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-220
Submitted May 1, 2007 – Filed May 14, 2007

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for Appellant. 

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Traseith Vergie Williams appeals his conviction and sentence for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.  Counsel for Williams attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Williams 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 the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

STILWELL, SHORT, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur. 

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.