State v. Wade

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EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Michael Wade, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2011-193672

Appeal From Orangeburg County
Edgar W. Dickson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-422
Submitted July 2, 2012 – Filed July 11, 2012

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy
Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Staff Attorney
Julie Kate Keeney, all of Columbia; and Solicitor David
M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Michael Wade appeals the circuit court's order requiring him to
register as a sex offender, arguing the facts behind his offense were not of a sexual
nature. We affirm1 pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Jacobs, 393 S.C. 584, 587, 713 S.E.2d 621, 622 (2011) ("The
cardinal rule of statutory construction is to ascertain and effectuate legislative
intent." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); id. ("Where the statute's
language is plain and unambiguous, and conveys a clear and definite meaning, the
rules of statutory interpretation are not needed and the court has no right to impose
another meaning." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); id. at 587, 713
S.E.2d at 622-23 ("What a legislature says in the text of a statute is considered the
best evidence of the legislative intent or will. Therefore, the courts are bound to
give effect to the expressed intent of the legislature." (citation and internal
quotation marks omitted)); S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-430(A) (2007) ("Any person,
regardless of age, residing in the State of South Carolina who in this State . . . pled
guilty . . . to an offense described below . . . shall be required to register pursuant
to the provisions of this article."); S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-430(C) (Supp. 2011)
("For purposes of this article, a person who . . . pled guilty . . . for any of the
following offenses shall be referred to as an offender: . . . (12) peeping, voyeurism,
or aggravated voyeurism ([s]ection 16-17-470) . . . .").

AFFIRMED.

PIEPER, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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