THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS 
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Jeffery Middleton, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County
James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-232
Submitted April 1, 2006 – Filed April 25, 2006

APPEAL DISMISSED

Acting Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott; and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Jeffery Middleton appeals his convictions and sentences for carjacking and failure to stop for a blue light.  Counsel for Middleton attached to the final brief a petition to be relieved as counsel.  Middleton filed a separate pro se response.

After a thorough 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 dismiss Middleton’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GOOLSBY, HUFF, and STILWELL, JJ., concur.

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