State v. Hicks

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.

Christopher Jermane Hicks, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2014-000392

Appeal From Darlington County
J. Michael Baxley, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-259
Submitted February 1, 2016 – Filed June 8, 2016

AFFIRMED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior
Assistant Deputy Attorney General John Benjamin Aplin,
both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Counsel for appellant filed a brief pursuant to Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that there were no meritorious grounds
for appeal and requesting permission to withdraw from further representation. The
court denied the request to withdraw and directed the parties to file additional
briefs.

After careful consideration of the record and briefs, we affirm1 the trial court
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) ("Issues not raised and ruled
upon in the trial court will not be considered on appeal."); State v. Byers, 392 S.C.
438, 444, 710 S.E.2d 55, 58 (2011) ("For an objection to be preserved for appellate
review, the objection must be made . . . with sufficient specificity to inform the
[trial court] of the point being urged by the objector . . . .").

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, A.C.J., and KONDUROS and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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