State v. Morris

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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.

Michael Alan Morris, Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

Thomas L. Hughston, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-529

Submitted November 1, 2011 – Filed
December 2, 2011   

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, 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 R. Farthing, all of Columbia; and
Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Michael
Alan Morris appeals the circuit court's order requiring him to register as a
sex offender, arguing his guilty plea to third-degree sexual exploitation of a
minor was not an offense enumerated in section 23-3-430(C) of the South
Carolina Code (Supp. 2010).  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code
Ann. § 23-3-430(C)-(D) (Supp. 2010) (providing that the circuit court has
discretion to order a defendant to register as a sex offender after he pleads
guilty to a "violation[] of Article 3, Chapter 15 of Title 16 involving a
minor"); S.C. Code Ann. § 16-15-410(A)-(B) (Supp. 2010) (providing that
the visual representation be of a minor and allowing the fact-finder to make an
inference the participant in the depicted sexual activity is a minor).

AFFIRMED.

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

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