Leroy Glover v. State of SC

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Leroy Glover, Jr., Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2019-000812

Appeal From Orangeburg County
Maite Murphy, Circuit Court Judge
Robert E. Hood, PCR Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-074
Submitted January 1, 2022 – Filed February 16, 2022

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of
Columbia, for Petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Samantha Jo Weidauer, of
Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the grant by the
post-conviction relief (PCR) court of his request for a belated direct appeal.
Petitioner also seeks review of the PCR court's finding that trial counsel was not
ineffective for failing to contemporaneously object to the admission of a
confession letter into evidence.

Because there is sufficient evidence to support the PCR court's finding that
Petitioner did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we
grant certiorari and proceed with a review of Petitioner's direct appeal issue
pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986). We deny certiorari
as to Question 2 of the petition.

On direct appeal, Petitioner argues the trial court erred in denying his motion to
sever his trial because his codefendant informed the court that he intended to
present testimony from a handwriting expert indicating Petitioner wrote the
confession letter received by the solicitor's office. Because Petitioner failed to
raise this argument to the trial court, it is unpreserved for appellate review. See
State v. Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 693-94 (2003) ("In order for
an issue to be preserved for appellate review, it must have been raised to and ruled
upon by the trial [court]. . . . A party may not argue one ground at trial and an
alternate ground on appeal."); State v. Prather, 429 S.C. 583, 605, 840 S.E.2d 551,
562 (2020) (declining to address the defendant's hearsay argument on appeal
because he raised only a Confrontation Clause argument to the trial court); State v.
Prioleau, 345 S.C. 404, 410-12, 548 S.E.2d 213, 216-17 (2001) (finding an issue
not preserved for review because the party argued one ground at trial and another
on appeal).

AFFIRMED.1

KONDUROS, HILL, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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