State v. Burns

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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.

Alan Lee Burns, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212760

Appeal From Charleston County
R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Stephanie P. McDonald, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-287
Submitted March 1, 2016 – Filed June 15, 2016

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior
Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe,
both of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of
Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 693-94 (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. Issues not raised and ruled upon in the
trial court will not be considered on appeal."); Malloy v. Thompson, 409 S.C. 557,
561, 762 S.E.2d 690, 692 (2014) ("The issue must be sufficiently clear to bring
into focus the precise nature of the alleged error so that it can be reasonably
understood by the judge.").

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, SHORT, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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