State v. Williams

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.

Horace
Williams, Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County

 James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-265

Submitted May 1, 2009 – Filed June 2, 2009   

AFFIRMED

Horace Williams, of Summerville, pro se.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all
of Columbia; and David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Horace Williams appeals his guilty plea, made pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970), for cutting and removing
timber without permission.  He argues the plea court erred in accepting his
plea and in sentencing him after he withdrew his plea.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities:  State v. Lee,
350 S.C. 125, 130, 564 S.E.2d 372, 375 (Ct. App. 2002) (explaining an
issue must be raised to and ruled upon
by the trial judge to be preserved for appellate review); State v. Johnston,
333 S.C. 459, 462, 510 S.E.2d 423, 425 (1999) (holding a challenge to
sentencing must be raised at trial, or the issue will not be preserved for
appellate review); In re Arisha K.S., 331 S.C. 288, 293-94, 501 S.E.2d
128, 131-32 (1998) (stating the voluntariness of guilty plea must be raised by
objection to the trial court in order to be preserved for appeal).

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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