Mitchell v. State

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

Ronnie Allen Mitchell, Appellant,

v.

The State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212180

Appeal From Newberry County
Eugene C. Griffith, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-301
Heard June 1, 2014 – Filed July 30, 2014

AFFIRMED

Ronnie Allen Mitchell, pro se.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General James Rutledge Johnson, both of
Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: S.C. Dep't of Transp. v. M & T Enters. of Mt. Pleasant, LLC, 379 S.C.
645, 658, 667 S.E.2d 7, 14 (Ct. App. 2008) ("It is well settled that an issue must
have been raised to and ruled upon by the trial court to be preserved for appellate
review."); I'On, L.L.C. v. Town of Mt. Pleasant, 338 S.C. 406, 422, 526 S.E.2d
716, 724 (2000) ("The losing party must first try to convince the lower court it . . .
has ruled wrongly and then, if that effort fails, convince the appellate court that the
lower court erred.").

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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