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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals The State, Respondent, v. David James Welch, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2017-001019

Appeal From Horry County Steven H. John, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-451 Submitted October 1, 2018 – Filed December 12, 2018

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, 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.

HUFF, SHORT, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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