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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals The State, Respondent, v. Matthew Thomas Pickens, Jr., Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2017-001687

Appeal From Anderson County Perry H. Gravely, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-468 Submitted November 1, 2018 – Filed December 19, 2018

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Laura Ruth Baer and Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, both of Columbia, 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 review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted.1 APPEAL DISMISSED.

KONDUROS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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