State v. Harold Griffin

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.

Harold Griffin, Appellant.

Appeal From Chesterfield County

Paul M. Burch, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.   2009-UP-593

Submitted December 1, 2009 – Filed
December 15, 2009

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport,
all of  Columbia; and Solicitor Jay Hodge, Jr., of Cheraw, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Harold Griffin appeals his guilty pleas for possession with intent to
distribute cocaine and possession of cocaine.  On appeal, Griffin maintains the
plea court abused its discretion in accepting his guilty pleas because due to
health problems, he will not survive the duration of his sentences.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. McKinney, 278 S.C. 107, 108, 292 S.E.2d 598, 599
(1982) (stating that absent a timely objection at a plea proceeding, the
sufficiency of a guilty plea can be attacked only through the more appropriate
channel of post-conviction relief); 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 court to be
preserved for appellate review). 

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, J.,
GEATHERS, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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