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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals The State, Respondent, v. Thomas Edmund Dukes, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2016-002363

Appeal From Lexington County Eugene C. Griffith, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-300 Submitted June 1, 2018 – Filed July 5, 2018

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Taylor Davis Gilliam, of Columbia, and Thomas Edmund Dukes, pro se, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General John Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

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

SHORT, THOMAS, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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