State v. Keam

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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.

Channack Keam, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-264

Submitted April 1, 2010 – Filed April 29,
2010   

AFFIRMED

J. Falkner Wilkes, of Greenville, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General Alphonso Simon, Jr., all of
Columbia; and Solicitor Harold W. Gowdy, III, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Channack
Keam was indicted for murder, found guilty by a jury, and sentenced to thirty
years' imprisonment.  He appeals, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to
charge the jury with involuntary manslaughter.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities:  State v. Bailey, 298 S.C. 1, 5-6, 377 S.E.2d 581, 584
(1989) (holding an issue is not preserved for review when a party argues one
ground in the trial and then an alternative ground on appeal); State v.
Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 694 (2003) ("A party may
not argue one ground at trial and an alternate ground on appeal.").

AFFIRMED.

SHORT,
WILLIAMS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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