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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals The State, Respondent, v. Russell Alan Tupper, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2015-000717

Appeal From Oconee County R. Lawton McIntosh, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-072 Submitted December 1, 2016 – Filed February 8, 2017

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender John Harrison Strom, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General John Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Christina Theos Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Dismissed after review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted.1 APPEAL DISMISSED.

LOCKEMY, C.J., and KONDUROS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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