State v. Branyon

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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.

Loretta Galloway Branyon, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212801

Appeal From Anderson County
R. Lawton McIntosh, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-310
Submitted July 1, 2014 – Filed August 6, 2014

AFFIRMED

Charles W. Whiten, Jr., of Law Offices of Charles W.
Whiten, Jr., P.A., of Anderson, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of
Columbia; and Solicitor Christina Theos Adams, of
Anderson, 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 (2003) ("In
order for an issue to be preserved for appellate review, it must have been raised to
and ruled upon by the trial [court]."); State v. Brown, 402 S.C. 119, 125, 740
S.E.2d 493, 496 (2013) (finding the appellant's argument unpreserved because he
explicitly stated he had no objection to the jury instruction).

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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