State v. Poole

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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.

Willie Poole, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2011-192026

Appeal From Greenville County
Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-268
Heard June 11, 2013 – Filed June 19, 2013

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best and
Appellate Defender Susan Hackett, both of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant
Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant
Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, all of
Columbia; and Solicitor William Walter Wilkins, III, of
Greenville, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: This appeal arises out of Appellant Willie Poole's conviction for
armed robbery. Appellant asserts the trial court erred by failing to grant a mistrial
sua sponte when defense counsel elicited prejudicial character evidence regarding
Appellant. At trial, no objection was made to testimony Appellant now claims was
prejudicial. Additionally, the court was never asked to consider a motion to strike
or a motion for a mistrial. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the
following authorities: State v. Byers, 392 S.C. 438, 445, 710 S.E.2d 55, 58 (2011)
("[T]he South Carolina Rules of Evidence state that an error may not be found for
the wrongful admission of evidence unless 'a timely objection or motion to strike
appears of record.'" (quoting Rule 103(a)(1), SCRE)); State v. Abraham, 395 S.C.
645, 649-50, 720 S.E.2d 491, 493 (Ct. App. 2011) (finding the appellant's issue not
preserved where the appellant failed to object and failed to move to strike the
testimony); State v. Porter, 389 S.C. 27, 37, 698 S.E.2d 237, 242 (Ct. App. 2010)
("The general rule of issue preservation is if an issue was not raised to and ruled
upon by the trial court, it will not be considered for the first time on appeal."); id.
at 38, 698 S.E.2d at 242 ("A contemporaneous objection is required to preserve
issues for direct appellate review."); State v. Carlson, 363 S.C. 586, 595, 611
S.E.2d 283, 287 (Ct. App. 2005) ("A party cannot complain of an error which his
own conduct has induced.").

AFFIRMED.

SHORT, THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.