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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals Raymond Stegall, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2010-150450

Appeal From Charleston County Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-119 Submitted February 1, 2013 – Filed March 27, 2013

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney Matthew J. Friedman, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the denial of his application for post-conviction relief. The State consents to Petitioner's request for a belated direct appeal. Accordingly, we grant certiorari and proceed with a review of the direct appeal issue pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986).

Petitioner appeals his convictions of armed robbery, assault of a high and aggravated nature, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. We dismiss his appeal after review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted.

APPEAL DISMISSED.1 HUFF, WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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