State v. Pitts

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.

Vincent Pitts, Appellant.

Appeal From Newberry County

Roger L. Couch, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-288   

Submitted June 1, 2011 – Filed June 13,
2011

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A.
Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Christina Catoe, all of Columbia; and Solicitor
Jerry W. Peace, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Vincent Pitts appeals his convictions for
distribution of crack cocaine and distribution within proximity of a park,
arguing the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce character
evidence when Pitts did not place his character at issue.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR,
and the following authority:  State v. Johnson, 363 S.C. 53, 58-59, 609
S.E.2d 520, 523 (2005) (holding an issue is not preserved for review unless a
contemporaneous objection is made to and ruled upon by the trial court).

AFFIRMED. 

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and
THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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