THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals The State, Respondent, v. Walter Alexander Palacios, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2021-000620

Appeal From Colleton County DeAndrea G. Benjamin, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-163 Submitted April 1, 2023 – Filed April 26, 2023

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, and Walter A. Palacios, pro se, both for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., 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.

APPEAL DISMISSED. 1 WILLIAMS, C.J., and GEATHERS and VERDIN, JJ., concur.

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