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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals The State, Respondent, v. Eugene Hardy, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2017-001934

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-445 Submitted October 1, 2018 – Filed December 5, 2018

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Joanna Katherine Delany, of Columbia, and Eugene Hardy, 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.

LOCKEMY, C.J., and THOMAS and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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