State v. Owens

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Antionelle Owens, Appellant.

Appeal From Orangeburg County

 James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-220

Submitted May 1, 2011 – Filed May 18, 2011

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Alan M. Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant
Attorney General Mark Farthing, all of Columbia; and Solicitor David M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Antionelle Owens appeals his convictions for first-degree attempted burglary and assault and battery with intent to kill.  He argues
the trial court erred in failing to grant a mistrial because the State made closing arguments and introduced testimony and pictures identifying Owens as the
assailant even though the State and trial court agreed he was not entitled to a Neal v. Biggers hearing regarding those pictures. We affirm[1] pursuant to rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities:

1.  As to the closing arguments: State v. Walker, 366 S.C. 643, 660, 623 S.E.2d 122, 131 (Ct. App. 2005) ("Failure to object to comments
made during argument precludes appellate review of the issue.").

2.  As to the testimony and the pictures: State v. Johnson, 298 S.C. 496, 498, 381 S.E.2d 732, 733 (1989) (holding that express consent to the
admission of evidence constitutes a waiver of the issue on appeal). 

AFFIRMED.

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

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