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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Terrance P. Cannon, Appellant.

Appeal From Pickens County
Henry F. Floyd, Circuit Court Judge
C. Victor Pyle, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2005-UP-358
Submitted May 1, 2005 – Filed May 23, 2005

APPEAL DISMISSED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia for Appellant.

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

PER CURIAM:  Terrance P. Cannon appeals his convictions for possession with intent to distributed (PWID) marijuana, PWID cocaine, and trafficking crack cocaine arguing the trial judge erred in trying him in absentia.  Counsel for Cannon attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel, stating she had reviewed the record and concluded this appeal lacks merit.  After a thorough review of the record and counsel’s 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] the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., and BEATTY and SHORT, JJ., concur.

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