State v. Young

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.

Robert Allen
Young, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2010-UP-333

Submitted June 1, 2010 – Filed June 28,
2010

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
and Assistant Attorney General A. West Lee, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Harold
W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Robert Allen Young appeals his
convictions for armed robbery and assault and battery with the intent to kill. 
He contends the trial court erred in admitting evidence that he possessed a
black t-shirt with the phrase "Snitches Get Stitches" printed on it. 
Specifically, Young argues on appeal that the t-shirt constituted inadmissible
character evidence.  However, this issue is not preserved for our review
because trial counsel never objected to the admission of the evidence.  We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR,
and the following authority: State v.
Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d
691, 693 (2003) ("In order for an issue to be preserved for appellate
review, it must have been raised to and ruled upon by the trial judge."). 

AFFIRMED.[1]

FEW, C.J., THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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