State v. Delaney

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OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Lamont Antwan
Delaney, Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-443

Submitted October 1, 2011 – Filed October
11, 2011

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A.
Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan M. Wilson, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all
of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Lamont
Antwan Delaney appeals his convictions for trafficking in cocaine, trafficking
in cocaine base, possession with intent to distribute (PWID) cocaine within
proximity of a school, PWID cocaine base within proximity of a school, and
possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.  He argues
the circuit court erred in (1) denying his right to confront a witness against
him and (2) admitting an involuntary confession.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities:

1.  As to whether the circuit court
denied Delaney his confrontation rights: State v. Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138,
142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 694 (2003) ("A party may not argue one ground at
trial and an alternate ground on appeal.").

2.  As to whether the
circuit court erred in finding Delaney's confession was voluntary: State v.
Franklin, 390 S.C. 535, 539, 702 S.E.2d 568, 570 (Ct. App. 2010) ("The
[circuit] court's factual conclusions as to the voluntariness of a statement
will not be disturbed on appeal unless so manifestly erroneous as to constitute
an abuse of discretion.").

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, PIEPER, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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