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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Marvin Brown, Appellant,

v.

The State, Respondent.

Appeal From Jasper County
John C. Few, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-320
Submitted June 1, 2007 – Filed June 15, 2007 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Joseph L. Savitz, III, Chief Attorney, South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General, Colleen Dixon, Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  On appeal, Marvin Brown claims the circuit court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a continuance and in granting the State’s motion to dismiss regarding his petition for writ of habeas corpus.  

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 Brown’s appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.    

APPEAL DISMISSED. [1]

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

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