State v. Wilson

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Eric Wilson, Appellant.

Appeal From Darlington County

James E. Lockemy, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-173

Submitted April 1, 2009 – Filed April 27,
2009   

AFFIRMED

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh; Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant
Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge,
Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Eric Wilson appeals from a jury verdict finding him
guilty of murder and the possession of a firearm during the commission of a
violent crime.  Wilson argues the circuit court erred in preventing him from
impeaching the testimony of the State's key witness.  We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the
following authorities: State v. Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 693-94 (2003) (internal
citations omitted) (contending a party
may not argue one ground at trial and an alternate ground on appeal); Ex parte McMillan, 319 S.C. 331, 337, 461 S.E.2d 43, 46 (1995)
(declaring a party cannot raise an
argument for the first time on appeal); Courie v.
Courie, 288 S.C. 163, 167, 341 S.E.2d
646, 648 (Ct. App. 1986) (explaining a party cannot allege error occurred at
trial where counsel "voluntarily
failed to pursue a permitted line
of questioning").

AFFIRMED.[1]

Huff,
Williams, and Konduros, JJ., concur.

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