State v. Backus

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.

John Henry Backus,       
Appellant.

Appeal From Florence County

B. Hicks Harwell, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2004-UP-395

Submitted June 8, 2004 – Filed June
22, 2004

AFFIRMED

Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia, and
Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  John Henry Backus appeals his
conviction for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.  We affirm [1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(2), SCACR
and the following authorities:  State v. McHoney, 344 S.C. 85, 99, 544
S.E.2d 30, 37 (2001) (noting a contemporaneous objection is required to preserve
an issue for direct appellate review); State v. Huggins, 336 S.C. 200,
205, 519 S.E.2d 574, 577 (1999) (“It is well-settled that issues may not be
raised for the first time on appeal.”).

AFFIRMED.

HEARN, C.J., STILWELL, J., and CURETON, A.J.,
concur.

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