State v. Jimmy Littlejohn

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.

Jimmy Lee
Littlejohn, Appellant.

Appeal From Cherokee County

J. Mark Hayes, II, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-199

Submitted March 1, 2010 – Filed March 12,
2010   

AFFIRMED

Senior Appellate Defender Joseph Savitz, III, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and
Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold
W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Jimmy Lee Littlejohn appeals his
convictions for first-degree burglary and second-degree arson, arguing the
trial court erred in failing to obtain a valid waiver of his right to counsel.  We affirm pursuant to Rule
220(b), SCACR, and the following authority: Wroten v. State, 301 S.C.
293, 294, 391 S.E.2d 575, 576 (1990) ("If the record demonstrates the
defendant's decision to represent himself was made with an understanding of the
risks of self-representation, the requirements of a voluntary waiver will be
satisfied."). 

AFFIRMED.[1]

HUFF,
THOMAS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur. 

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