THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Shawn Daniel O’Rourke,        Appellant.

Appeal From Hampton County
John M. Milling, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-364
Submitted March 26, 2003 - Filed May 21, 2002

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh, III, of Hampton, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Shawn Daniel O’Rourke was convicted of murder and burglary in the first degree.  He was sentenced to seventy years for murder and seventy years, concurrent, for burglary in the first degree.  O’Rourke’s appellate counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).  Counsel additionally submitted a petition to be relieved from representation, asserting there are no directly appealable issues of arguable merit.  O’Rourke did not file a pro se response with the Court.

After a 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. [1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CURETON, ANDERSON, and HUFF, JJ., concur.