State v. Martin

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

The State, Respondent,

v.

Terris L.
Martin, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 Alison Renee Lee, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-286

Submitted May 3, 2010 – Filed May 20, 2010

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, 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 Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Solicitor Warren Blair
Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:   Terris
L. Martin appeals his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute
marijuana, second offense.  On appeal, Martin argues the plea court erred in
finding his guilty plea was knowingly,
intelligently, and voluntarily entered because the plea court failed to explain
to him that the inference of intent to distribute was permissive, not mandatory.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and
the following authority:  State v.
Barton, 325 S.C. 522, 530 n.6, 481
S.E.2d 439, 443 n.6 (Ct. App. 1997) (holding absent a timely objection at the
plea proceeding, the unknowing and involuntary nature of a guilty plea will not
be considered on direct appeal). 

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, SHORT, and WILLIAMS,
JJ., concur.

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