State v. Dean

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State,       
Respondent,

v.

Wade Leighton Dean,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-098

Submitted November 20, 2002 – Filed
February 4, 2003

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, 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; Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg; for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Wade Leighton Dean appeals
his conviction and sentence for trafficking cocaine.  Counsel for Dean attached
to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Dean 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 Dean’s appeal
and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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